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1933 Map of Douglas

Name: 1933 Topographic Map of Douglas
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1933
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1933

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Industrial expansion and border-town development define this southern Arizona landscape, where the Copper Queen Smelter and Calumet and Arizona Smelter dominate the outskirts of Douglas. The map documents a complex network of ranching and irrigation, featuring the King Irrigation Ditch and numerous family holdings such as the Cross U Bar Ranch (Stephenson) and Copper Queen Ranch.

Along the international boundary with Sonora, military and transportation infrastructure is prominent, including Camp Harry J Jones and the Douglas Int Airport. Educational life in the rural reaches of Cochise County is marked by the Valley School, Lamb School, and Ratcliff School, while the presence of Adobe Ruins provides a rare reference to the region's earlier building traditions. The Whitewater Draw serves as a primary geographic feature, cutting through a landscape of named family plots and early desert highways.