1958 Map of Lovers Resort

About this map

The Salt Fork Brazos River snakes through this Texas landscape, carving the prominent Brazos Valley and meeting with Salt Croton Creek in the north. This 1958 survey, updated with 1978 photogrammetric data, documents a rural expanse defined by scattered petroleum and resource extraction, including the Berta Bend Conglomerate Field and various sludge and gravel pits. Settlement is sparse, anchored by the Shinnery Lake Community Hall and the Brazos Valley Cemetery. A curious local landmark, Lovers Resort, sits tucked into a bend of the river, serviced by a nearby Landing Strip. The map illustrates the transition from river-bottom vegetation to the open flats characteristic of Stonewall County, revealing the late-century infrastructure of the regional oil and gas industry.