1919 Map of Ingomar

About this map

The Southern Pacific railroad corridor defines the development of this Central Valley landscape during the early twentieth century, serving as the primary anchor for small rail-side settlements like Ingomar and Linora. This 1:31,680 scale survey illustrates a transition from organized agricultural plots in the west to the natural drainage patterns of the east, where Garzas Creek and Mud Slough meander toward the San Joaquin basin. The map documents an important era in Merced County water management, showing an extensive network of irrigation canals and ditches that contrast sharply with the untamed flows of San Luis Creek and Los Banos Creek. For the historian, the inclusion of the Old Santa Fe Grade provides a clear view of earlier transportation routes that once paralleled the more modern steel rails.