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1963 Map of Ella

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Ella
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

Seeligson Oil Field and the Borregos Oil Field dominate this South Texas landscape, where the energy economy of the early 1960s is mapped in precise detail across the ranchlands of Jim Wells and Kleberg counties. The terrain is a network of industrial infrastructure and traditional grazing pastures, featuring a Refinery, a Radio Tower, and several Pipeline corridors that cut through the Jensen Pasture and Ratamosa Pasture. Water management is vital in this environment, evidenced by numerous named wells such as Ella Windmill and Lamar Windmill.

Social and agricultural life centers on small hubs like Seeligson and Ella, with a small Cem and Ebanito Camp providing markers for family researchers. The complex boundary between the two counties is clearly delineated near Jaboncillos Creek and Ebanito Creek, illustrating how large-scale oil operations like the Tijerina-Canales-Blucher Field integrated with existing ranch boundaries and drainage systems.