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1955 Map of Hope

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Hope
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

The town of Hope serves as the focal point of this arid Eddy County landscape, where the survival of early settlements depended entirely on a complex network of irrigation. Traces of this hydraulic history are evident in the Johnson Ditch and numerous unnamed ditches, alongside an Abandoned Canal and Abandoned Ditch that speak to shifting water management in the mid-20th century.

Beyond the town center, the map documents a territory defined by ranching and local landholdings, such as the Mc Ashan Ranch, 100 Ranch, and family-named sites like Hunter Place and Cole Place. These outposts are situated between natural features like Eagle Draw, Rio Penasco Draw, and the terrain of Paris Dainwood and Catclaw. For genealogists, the Hope South Cem provides a significant touchstone for the families who settled this region of New Mexico.