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1952 Map of Lewis Springs

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Lewis Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

The Fort Huachuca Military Reservation dominates the western portion of this Cochise County landscape, where the high desert terrain transitions toward the fertile corridor of the San Pedro River. This 1952 survey, updated with late 1970s revisions, illustrates a region defined by ranching and transportation history. Local family holdings such as the Donnet-Fry Ranch and Bakarich-McCool Ranch are mapped alongside the natural drainages of Graveyard Gulch and Government Draw.

Logistics and infrastructure are prominent, featuring the Southern Pacific rail line and an Old Railroad Grade that speaks to earlier transit routes. Near the settlement of Lewis Springs, the map identifies a historical Ruin and the prominent Brunckow Hill. The presence of an Aqueduct and various water-management labels underscore the vital importance of the river valley within the San Rafael del Valle land grant area.