The small settlement of Lesbia sits at the heart of this High Plains landscape, where the agricultural legacy of Eastern New Mexico is written in an intricate network of irrigation ditches. Branching off from the Hudson Canal, a complex series of waterworks including the McIntosh Lateral, McCaskey Lateral, and Benson Lateral crisscross the terrain to support ranching and farming operations. This system of laterals reveals the intensive engineering required to manage water in the arid basin of Plaza Larga Cr.
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1930 · Tucumcari
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1954 · Tucumcari
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Tucumcari
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1962 · Logan
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1967 · Tucumcari
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1968 · Bascom Camp
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1968 · Bulldog Mesa
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1968 · Hudson
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1968 · San Jon NW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1968 · Lesbia
USGS Topo · 1:24,000