1967 Map of Hackberry Creek

About this map

The Washita River winds through this Panhandle landscape in Hemphill County, defining a territory where the High Plains meet the riparian corridors of the Hackberry Creek drainage. The 1967 terrain shows a working landscape shaped by both water management and industry, anchored by Huston - Stickley Lake and various Gas Well sites and a Gravel Pit. The map captures the infrastructure of the eastern Panhandle, including a segment of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad cutting across the southeastern corner near the Oklahoma border. Local landmarks like Hext and Mulberry Draw provide specific points of reference for genealogists and local historians tracking family land or mid-century ranching developments. This era of the late 1960s is preserved here just as modern water development projects and energy extraction were maturing in the region.