1894 Map of Fredericksburg

Regional connectivity is represented by early stage roads linking the county seat to smaller outposts like Stonewall and Martinsburgh to the east. The map records a frontier transition, showing established cattle country through locations like Blowout and Roughrock before the arrival of modern infrastructure. This 1884–5 survey work by C.H. Fitch captures the agricultural and ranching patterns of Gillespie and neighboring Kendall and Blanco counties at a time when water sources and topography dictated the placement of every homestead.