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1955 Map of Newman

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Newman
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

The Fort Bliss Military Reservation dominates this mid-1950s desert landscape, spanning the border where New Mexico and Texas meet. The settlement of Newman serves as a focal point along the state line, situated where the Southern Pacific railroad tracks cut a long diagonal across the arid basin. This era shows a landscape transitioning between traditional ranching and modern military aviation needs, evidenced by a unique Landing Strip (In Road) and a Meteorological Station near the northern boundary.

Evidence of earlier habitation appears as scattered Ruins and isolated Well sites across the Tularosa Valley. These features, alongside a network of telephone lines and a prominent Tower, illustrate the early Cold War infrastructure development in Otero County. The map provides a precise record of the Military Reservation Boundary as it stood before significant late-20th-century expansion, capturing the spatial relationship between the railroad and the high-desert terrain.