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1973 Map of Rippee Ranch

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Rippee Ranch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

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White Draw and its South Fork White Draw carve through this high plains landscape at the intersection of Chaves, De Baca, and Roosevelt Counties. The area is defined by its remote ranching infrastructure, where water sources like Silas Tank and West Jett Windmill were essential for livestock and local habitation. The presence of Liston Cem near the center of the survey offers a poignant connection to the early families who settled this arid terrain.

Several named wells and ranch sites, including Rippee Ranch, Douthet Well, and Harper Well, are distributed across the township lines, revealing a pattern of widely dispersed rural life in the early 1970s. This survey records the specific locations of isolated improvements like Elkins Wells and Cothern Well, which supported the livestock economy before modern consolidation changed the rural character of southeastern New Mexico.