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1967 Map of Dead Man Canyon

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Dead Man Canyon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

Dead Man Canyon and Reagan Canyon dominate this West Texas landscape, cutting deeply through the limestone plateaus of the Trans-Pecos region. This survey, conducted in the late 1960s, documents a sparsely populated frontier along the Terrell Co - Crockett Co line, where the Pecos River carves a winding path southward. One of the most unique local markers is the Dead Man Windmill Grave, a site suggesting the stark realities of early ranching life in this isolated territory.

Industry and infrastructure are minimal, represented primarily by scattered drill holes and small gravel pits used for road maintenance. Movement through the canyon floors is captured by a designated Ford across the river and several unnamed unimproved roads. The presence of a Radio Tower on a high ridge indicates the technological reach into the backcountry during this period, while the sequential naming of First Canyon, Second Canyon, and Third Canyon reflects the systematic orientation of early travelers along the river corridor.