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1921 Map of Old Glory

Name: 1921 Topographic Map of Old Glory
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1929
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1929

About this map

Ruby P.O. (Montana) and the Old Glory Mine anchor this tactical survey of the borderlands between Arizona and Mexico, conducted just after the First World War. The landscape is defined by the extraction economy of the Oro Blanco Mts., where mining camps like California Camp and industrial sites like the Varney's Mill (abandoned) are mapped alongside family cattle operations such as Fannon Ranch and Ranchito.

The presence of the Custom Guard Station and the Old Mission near the Boundary Line highlights the area's role as a critical transit and governance corridor. Numerous ranches, including Pino Blanco R. and Tres Bellotas R. (Vinateria), dot the drainages of the Rio Altar and Agua Caliente, providing a detailed view of settlement patterns before later twentieth-century shifts. The map also records several deserted sites like Bartlett and Bogans, marking the ebb and flow of silver and gold mining in this arid terrain.