1973 Map of Red Cow Draw

About this map

Red Cow Draw winds across this section of the Texas Panhandle in Dallam County, defining a landscape shaped by intermittent drainage and the search for subsurface resources. This survey, based on 1971 aerial photography, captures the sparse ranching and energy-exploration infrastructure of the early 1970s. Aside from the primary watercourse, the terrain is marked by isolated points of activity, including several locations labeled Well and a specific Drill Hole. The inclusion of fine red dashed lines to indicate selected fence lines provides an unusually detailed look at property boundaries and land management in this rural high-plains environment, where large-scale ranching operations like the Pritchard Ranch dictated the local geography.