1964 Map of Fallon Ranch

About this map

Mount Zion Cem sits on a high ridge overlooking a landscape defined by the drainage networks of the Arroyo San Juan de Dios and Arroyo Potrillo. In the mid-1960s, this portion of Guadalupe County was a domain of isolated ranching outposts, where survival depended on water sources like Nickelson Well. The map captures the distribution of legacy family holdings including Fallon Ranch and Slaton Ranch, connected only by unimproved dirt tracks across the high plains. Far to the south, Bray Ranch and Johnson Ranch mark the extent of settlement in this arid territory, providing a precise spatial record of human habitation before modern ranching consolidations or land use changes altered the historical footprint of these established properties.