1973 Map of Eagle Nest Mtn

About this map

Goldtrap Ranch sits at the base of Horse Trap Mesa, marking a pocket of settlement within the expansive northern Arizona high country. This 1973 field-checked survey reveals an landscape defined by water management and transit, where dozens of named livestock tanks like Phil Mc Gill Tank and Limestone Tank provide the necessary infrastructure for ranching in the arid high desert. The southern portion of the sheet is dominated by the Kaibab National Forest and the volcanic prominence of Eagle Nest Mtn. Industrial and transit arteries cross the terrain, including a major Pipeline and the steel rails of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe. The mapping of numerous unnamed quarries and a Cinder Pit near the tracks suggests a local economy tied to mineral extraction and railway maintenance during the early 1970s.