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1963 Map of Linn Siding

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Linn Siding
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

Water management and petroleum extraction define this South Texas landscape in the early 1960s. The map illustrates a network of dozens of windmills, including El Perdido Windmill, Agua Salada Windmill, and La Rosita Windmill, which sustained the area's cattle operations. Prominent family-held tracts like Santa Anita Ranch and Tijerina Ranch appear alongside religious and educational cornerstones such as Niño Jesus de Praga Ch and the Brewster Sch.

Industrial development is marked by the presence of the Southern Pacific railroad line, which served the loading point at Linn Siding. Subsurface resources are represented by the extensive Santillana Gas Field and Los Indios Gas Field, crisscrossed by several pipelines. This survey also documents local burial grounds like the Santa Anita Cem, providing essential details for those tracing the ranching history of Hidalgo County.