1970 Map of Gomez Peak

About this map

Gomez Peak and Newman Peak dominate this High Desert landscape along the tri-county intersection of Culberson, Reeves, and Jeff Davis counties. The 1970 terrain reveals a ranching economy reliant on isolated water sources, from San Martine Spring to the Levinson Reservoir in the northwest. High-elevation encampments and property markers like Dyer Camp and the Cowan Homestead are connected by a network of jeep trails and fence lines, showing how families and cattle outfits managed this arid territory before modern infrastructure further altered the region. This survey captures a specific pastoral era when family names like Stocks, Cowden, and Woulfter defined the local geography through springs, tanks, and windmills.