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1950 Map of Lake Lucero NE
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1950 Map of Lake Lucero NE

USGS Topo · Published 1950

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White Sands National Monument and the surrounding White Sands Proving Grounds dominate this 1950 topographic survey, capturing a high-desert landscape defined by vast gypsum dunes and military expansion. The map records the early overlap of civilian ranching and federal defense land use in the Tularosa Basin, showing Bairds Ranch and its associated Windmills near the National Monument Boundary. These small outposts of human habitation and water sources like Antelope Tank represent the precarious nature of life in the White Sands region during the mid-century transition. The survey reflects a moment when the Department of the Army and the Department of the Interior managed adjacent tracts of this distinct geological environment, just before the full enclosure of many historic ranching holdings for missile testing operations.

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Map Details

Date Portrayed1950
Date Published1950
PublisherU.S. Geological Survey
Map TypeTopographic
Scale1:24,000
Physical Dimensions22 x 26.9 inches

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Source Details

SourceU.S. Geological Survey
CopyrightPublic Domain