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1963 Map of Dundee

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Dundee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

Dundee sits at the junction of rail and road in the mid-1960s, serving as a hub for the surrounding ranchlands along the border of Baylor and Archer counties. The Fort Worth and Denver railroad cuts diagonally across the landscape, paralleling Holliday Creek and connecting the small settlement to larger Texas markets. To the south, the terrain descends toward the North Fork Little Wichita River and the northern reaches of Lake Kickapoo, where the hydrology of the region is more pronounced.

Evidence of the local economy is scattered throughout the survey, from the Oil Well symbols in the southeast to the numerous drainage features like Slippery Creek and Johnson Draw. Researchers can find the exact placement of the Dundee Cem and follow the routes of several utility corridors, including a pipeline near Red Hollowe. The map provides a detailed view of the rural infrastructure during a period when small railway towns like Dundee remained vital to the Texas cattle and oil industries.