1967 Map of Garces Mesas SE

About this map

Garces Mesas dominates this high-desert landscape of the Navajo Indian Reservation in the late 1960s, a period marked by the administrative designation of the Joint Use Area. The terrain is defined by dramatic elevation changes at Kachina Point and the shifting geography of Sand Dunes near the southern boundary. Water management and livestock history are evident through several infrastructure markers, including a Corral and a Well located in the northern mesas. The drainage systems of Oraibi Wash and Polacca Wash provide a geographic skeleton for the region, while the presence of a Ruin near the Coconino and Navajo county line offers a physical connection to the area's ancient indigenous history, predating the modern boundaries shown.