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1948 Map of Kaylor Mountain

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Kaylor Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

Kaylor Mountain and the surrounding San Andres Mountains dominate this 1948 landscape, which captures a critical transition period when historic New Mexico ranching land was being repurposed for military and scientific use. Scattered ranching outposts such as Anderegg Ranch Headquarters, Henderson Ranch, and Bruton Camp Headquarters represent the local-history footprint of the region just as the White Sands Proving Ground and the Alamogordo Bombing Range began to define the territory.

Evidence of the area's geological extraction is visible at the Fluorspar Mine and a Talc Mine, while the natural water resources that sustained early residents are documented at Lower Hembrillo Spring and Cedar Well. The map also delineates the San Andres National Wildlife Refuge and the Jornada Experimental Range, reflecting the complex management of this high-desert terrain during the late 1940s.