1960 Map of Pulliam Ranch

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The Nueces River snakes through the center of this landscape, its banks defined by the sprawling holdings of prominent local families. Ranching life in the early 1960s is evidenced by the wide distribution of private stock tanks and windmills, from Palmer Tank in the north to Four Acre Tank near the southern boundary. These water features were essential for maintaining cattle across the dry South Texas brush country, where watercourses like Mustang Creek and Live Oak Creek were often intermittent.