1976 Map of Meadow NE

About this map

Mc Nabb Farm Airport anchors this orthophotograph of the Texas High Plains, illustrating the vast agricultural grid of Lubbock County in the mid-1970s. The landscape is defined by the rigid geometry of center-pivot irrigation and the rectangular section lines that govern West Texas farming. Unlike a traditional topographic map, this imagery preserves the actual ground texture of the era, revealing the intricate patterns of plowing and the shallow, natural depressions typical of the Llano Estacado. The presence of a private farm airstrip speaks to the industrial scale of local operations, where aerial application and rapid transport became integral to the cotton and grain economy during this period of rural modernization.