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1965 Map of Bunyan

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Bunyan
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

The South Fork Bosque River and North Bosque River converge in this mid-1960s snapshot of central Erath County, where the landscape is defined by a series of flood control structures and agricultural development. Small rural communities like Lingleville and Bunyan anchor the territory, connected by a network of ranch roads and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad line cutting through the southeast.

Genealogists will find a wealth of local markers, from the Erath Cem Garden of Memory to smaller burial grounds like Ramsey Cem and Upper Green Cr Cem. The proliferation of flood control dams, such as Green Creek Dam No 1 and Green Creek Dam No 4, transformed the drainage of Green Creek and its tributaries, including Cat Branch and Buck Branch, creating significant reservoirs like Kiker Lake and Bates Lake for water management in the Texas cross timbers region.