1907 Map of Sacaton

About this map

Gila River Indian Reservation dominates this early twentieth-century landscape, centered on the settlement of Sacaton. The map reveals a high-desert environment dependent on carefully managed water sources, from the Government Pumping Plant to numerous deep wells like Indian Well and the Old Government Tanks. The infrastructure of the era is clearly defined by the Santa Fe Prescott and Phoenix R. R. cutting across the northeastern corner.