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1961 Map of Honey Boy Ranch

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Honey Boy Ranch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

Santa Fe National Forest encompasses the majority of this high-elevation landscape, where a network of valleys and waterways define the local geography. The central drainage of Rito de la Quemazon and Rito del Medio feed into the prominent Rito Manzanares, which flows past the Honey Boy Ranch. Private holdings like the Emerson Ranch appear as small clearings within the timbered reaches of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains during the early 1960s.

Transportation through these drainages relies heavily on a system of primitive paths, including a Jeep Trail through Valle de la Piedra and various Pack Trails crossing the Gallinas River. The map captures a moment when land use was primarily defined by ranching and forestry, evidenced by the named meadows and high valleys such as Valle de la Osha and Valle Escondido. Significant relief is shown between the peaks and the deep incisions of Burro Canyon and Cañon de la Cola.