1894 Map of Fredericksburg

A network of drainage systems, including Crab Apple Creek to the north and South Grape Creek to the south, illustrates the complex hydrology that shaped local agriculture and ranching. The presence of frontier-era place names like Blowout and Roughrock provides a window into the vernacular geography of the time, while the clearly marked boundaries of Gillespie, Kerr, and Kendall counties anchor the map in its political context. Geographer Henry Gannett and topographer C.H. Fitch oversaw the fieldwork that recorded these details just decades after the region's initial organized colonization.