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1955 Map of Los Fresnos

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Los Fresnos
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1957
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1957

About this map

Palo Alto Battlefield anchors the southern portion of this landscape, marking the site of the first major conflict of the Mexican-American War with a Historical Monument. The surrounding terrain in the mid-1950s is defined by a complex irrigation network of ditches and levees, alongside the winding oxbow curves of Resaca de los Cuates and Resaca de las Antonias. These ancient river channels provide a stark contrast to the rigid grid of the Los Fresnos township and the extensive Tule Lake bed to the south.

Transportation corridors like the Missouri Pacific and Texas and New Orleans railroads intersect near the center of the sheet, supporting rural clusters such as La Penusca, Agua Negra, and Wardner Ranch. The presence of the Los Fresnos Sch and the Los Fresnos Airport suggests a period of post-war civic expansion, while older routes like the Old Point Isabel Road trace the historical movement across this coastal plain.