1926 Map of Roby 2-b

About this map

The confluence of the Mountain Fork Brazos River and the Double Mountain Fork Brazos River anchors this 1926 topographic study of the West Texas borderlands. Surveyed by T.F. Murphy for the State Board of Water Engineers, the map illustrates a landscape shaped by drainage patterns like White Canyon and Gyp Creek. The rural social fabric of the era is evident in the placement of the Wright School, Dorcas School, and Dowell School, which served the scattered families of the Stonewall and Fisher County line. The Dowell Cemetery and Dowell Church provide critical anchor points for genealogists researching the early 20th-century settlers along the bends of the Brazos, such as Bullock Bend.