1953 Map of Lyden

About this map

Rio Ojo Caliente snakes through a landscape defined by ancestral Spanish land grants and desert canyons in the early 1950s. The convergence of the Antonio De Abeyta Grant Boundary and the Black Mesa Grant highlights the region's complex land tenure history, where the expansive Black Mesa and Vallito Peak tower over the valley floors. Agriculture and irrigation are central to life here, evidenced by a network of waterways including the Gavilan Ditch and labels for El Medio and Los Luceros along the bottomland.