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1971 Map of Endee Hill

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Endee Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Round Mountain and the prominent escarpment of Endee Hill dominate this high plains landscape at the New Mexico and Texas border. Surveyed in the early 1970s, the map reveals a sparsely settled ranching environment defined by deep drainage systems like Arroyo Trujillo and Arroyo del Puerto. The land use of the era is marked by numerous remote watering points, simply labeled Well or Wells, which sustained livestock across the arid terrain of Quay and Curry Counties.

Genealogical interest is centered on the solitary Mitchel Cem, located near the center of the sheet, serving as a quiet witness to the early families who settled this rugged corner of the Llano Estacado. The convergence of three counties—Quay, Curry, and Deaf Smith—along with the state line, makes this a critical document for tracing land ownership and political boundaries near Salt Well Canyon and Simmons Canyon.