Midway Butte rises above the arid basin floor south of Sunshine, anchoring a landscape defined by an extensive grid of agricultural and rural roads. This high-desert region of Luna County exhibits a transition from established ranching grounds to modern rural development, as seen in the street-naming conventions of Zanahoria Rd SW and Elote Rd SW near Luna Landing. The infrastructure is heavily concentrated in the northern sections, while the south remains dominated by natural drainage patterns like Seventysix Draw. The layout of long, straight transit routes such as Hermanas Grade SW and Gage Station Rd illustrates the historical and contemporary reliance on clear access across the wide-open terrain of the t25s r10w and t26s r10w townships.
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1899 · Deming
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1915 · Deming
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1917 · Hermanas
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1917 · Columbus
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1918 · Columbus
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1918 · Hermanas
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1920 · Columbus
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1943 · Hermanas
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1953 · El Paso
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · Las Cruces
USGS Topo · 1:250,000