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1957 Map of Hay Mountain

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Hay Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

Stockton Hill and Signal Hill rise above a landscape defined by ranching and resource extraction in the high desert of Cochise County. The map captures the infrastructure of the late 1950s, showing a network of unimproved roads like Gleeson Road and Cowan Road that connected family holdings such as the Reeves Ranch and the H O Davis Ranch. Water, always the most critical resource in this arid environment, is meticulously documented through features like Antelope Spring, Grapevines Windmill, and several tanks used to support livestock.

Industrial activity is evident near the eastern edge of the quadrangle, where the Dragoon Mts meet the flats. Researchers will find numerous unnamed prospects, a shaft, and the localized settlement of Gold Camp. The presence of an Oil Well and a Pipeline suggests the diversifying energy interests of the mid-century, even as the terrain remained dominated by traditional desert drainage patterns like Stockton Draw and Government Draw.