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1937 Map of Capitan

Name: 1937 Topographic Map of Capitan
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1937
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1937

About this map

Capitan and the nearby village of Nogal anchor this mid-1930s landscape, where the Southern Pacific railroad and the Pacific Highway snake through the mountainous corridor of Lincoln County. The map captures a high-desert ranching and mining economy in transition, evidenced by family-named holdings like Phillips Ranch and Le Baron Ranch alongside industrial markers like the Power Plant in the north and a Mine Camp in the Sierra Blanca Mountains.

A notable inclusion is the U S Marine Hospital Reservation in the southeast corner near the Rio Bonito, an unexpected federal presence in this high-altitude terrain. The presence of the Mesa Sch and the Enginoso Cem provides essential grounding for genealogists, while the Mesa Ranger Sta within the Lincoln National Forest points to the early 20th-century management of these timbered ranges, including Patos Mountain and Carrizo Mountain.