1957 Map of Nugent

About this map

Fort Phantom Hill (Ruins) serves as a historic anchor in this West Texas landscape, where the Clear Fork Brazos River feeds into the expansive Lake Fort Phantom Hill. The topography reveals a mid-century intersection of ranching and industry, with family-named operations like the Alexander Ranch and Ackers Ranch sitting alongside developed petroleum resources including the Lewis Steffens Oil Field and Dory Oil Field. Transport infrastructure is well-defined by the Kansas City Mexico and Orient (Texas) and Fort Worth and Denver railroads crossing the northern and southern reaches. Small settlements and waypoints like Nugent, Hamby, and Lanius punctuate the landscape, while sites such as Phant Sun Cem and Hamby Cem provide critical touchpoints for genealogical research in this four-county border region.