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1955 Map of East Brownsville

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of East Brownsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1957
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1957

About this map

The Rio Grande defines the international boundary between United States and Mexico in this mid-century survey of the Texas borderlands. The landscape of Brownsville is deeply marked by its hydrology, featuring the winding oxbow lakes known as resacas, including Resaca de la Palma and Resaca del Rancho Viejo. The city’s growth is evident in the development of Ebony Hts and the complex infrastructure of the Brownsville Ship Channel and Brownsville Ship Harbor.

Logistical and educational history is prominent, with Southmost College and the Rio Grande Valley International Airport serving as regional hubs. Of significant interest to local historians is the Old Fort Brown Reservation, including the Fort Brown Resaca, and the Resaca de la Palma Battlefield, sites of deep military significance. The transition from agricultural use to urban expansion is visible in the network of irrigation ditches and the numerous schools such as El Jardin Sch and Victoria Hts Sch.