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1966 Map of Houston Ranch

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Houston Ranch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

The intersection of Glasscock, Martin, and Howard counties reveals a landscape defined by ranching and resource extraction in the mid-1960s. Named properties such as Houston Ranch and the nearby Old Houston Place anchor the local geography, alongside Stone Ranch and Cross Ranch. These cattle operations are interspersed with a growing petroleum infrastructure, indicated by numerous Oil Wells and a network of pipelines cutting across the terrain.

Surface water is largely seasonal, concentrated in the wide paths of Hamilton Draw and Mustang Draw, which drain toward the southeast. The small settlement of Lomax appears in the northeast corner near State Route 818, while the presence of a Landing Strip and a prominent rise at Hog Mountain highlight the functional layout of this West Texas prairie during a period of steady industrial and agricultural activity.