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1965 Map of Kress West

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Kress West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

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The High Plains of the Texas Panhandle are defined here by a landscape of scattered agricultural infrastructure and deep-well irrigation. Crossing the southern portion of the sheet, the Fort Worth and Denver railroad serves as the primary artery for local grain transport, connecting the loading point at Farmers Spur to the Grain Elevator at Wright. The area is geographically divided by the Swisher Co Hale Co boundary, which cuts through a region characterized by numerous small depressions and circular basins typical of this part of the Llano Estacado.

Local genealogy and history are preserved at the Kress Cem and the Running Water Cem, providing focal points for researchers of early 20th-century settlement in this corner of Swisher and Hale counties. Technical details of the era's water management are visible through an Aqueduct system that feeds toward the town of Kress, illustrating the engineering required to sustain a community in this semi-arid environment during the mid-1960s.