1990 Map of Hope SE

About this map

The Hayden-Rhodes Aqueduct cuts a straight engineered line across the arid expanse of the Harquahala Plain, illustrating the intensive water management required in the Arizona desert by 1990. This landscape is a mix of heavy infrastructure and mineral exploration, featuring a prominent Pipeline and a network of mining activity in the uplands. Prospectors and geologists can trace numerous mine shafts and Prospects scattered through the Little Harquahala Mountains and the Eagletail Mountains, the latter of which also contains a noted Natural Arch. Regional transportation and aviation are represented by Hovatter Road and the landing strips at Salome Field, while the Ranegras Plain occupies the southwest, showing a terrain largely defined by its open flats and intermittent drainage patterns.