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1974 Map of Bowie

Name: 1974 Topographic Map of Bowie
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Bowie serves as the central hub of this desert landscape in the mid-1970s, where the infrastructure of the Southern Pacific railroad and a nearby Landing Strip define the town's character as a transit point. The grid of the settlement includes a High Sch and a Substation, while the Desert Rest (Cem) lies just to the north. This survey captures a moment when the region relied heavily on subsurface resources, evidenced by the numerous instances of Well and Water Tank labels peppered across the arid terrain.

Industrial activity is marked by various extraction sites such as a Borrow Pit and Gravel Pits, alongside a large Pipeline cutting through the southern sections. To the southwest, the ephemeral drainage of Happy Camp Wash winds through the landscape, a stark natural contrast to the straight-line human developments like the rail corridor and township blocks. A single Corral and several fence lines suggest the persistence of ranching in this Cochise County environment.