1976 Map of New Home NW

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The High Plains landscape of the Texas Panhandle is captured in high-altitude detail in this orthophotograph, showcasing the geometry of agricultural production in the mid-1970s. The small community of Slide serves as the focal point of a vast grid of irrigation patterns and farm tracks, illustrating the intense land use common in this region of Lubbock County. Circular center-pivot irrigation patterns dominate the terrain, revealing the technological shift in water management that reshaped the local economy during this era.