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1923 Map of Fort Stockton

Name: 1923 Topographic Map of Fort Stockton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1923
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1923

About this map

Fort Stockton serves as the central hub in this early 1920s survey, where the convergence of the Kansas City Mexico and Orient railroad and historic overland routes like the Old Alpine Road defined West Texas commerce. The presence of Comanche Springs highlights the critical importance of water in this arid landscape, supporting the development of nearby Valley View School and Leon Valley School.

Beyond the town center, the map reveals a vast ranching economy through named homesteads and operations such as Brannon Ranch, Sachse Headquarters Ranch, and the Dutch Cattle Co Ranch. Notable landmarks like Threemile Mesa and Sevenmile Mesa break the flat terrain, providing geographical orientation for the network of tracks leading toward Pecos, Sanderson, and Alpine. This document preserves the locations of vital resources like Fivemile Well and the Leon Springs Reservoir, which were essential to life and industry before modern infrastructure reached the Permian Basin.