1954 Map of San Felipe Pueblo

About this map

Rio Grande waters sustain the ancient corridor through San Felipe Pueblo and Algodones in this mid-century topographic survey. The map records a landscape defined by complex Spanish land grants and indigenous sovereignty, including the San Felipe Pueblo Grant and Santo Domingo Pueblo Grant. Away from the river valley, the terrain transitions into the high country of the Cibola National Forest, where the legacy of early New Mexico industry is visible in Coal Mines (Aband) near Hagan and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Grade. Cultural markers like the Mormon Battalion Monument and the prehistoric Tonque Pueblo (Ruins) alongside Arroyo Tonque provide a deep sense of the region's layered human history. Further east, the map identifies remote ranching outposts such as Diamond Tail Ranch and the site of Tejon, illustrating the pattern of settlement in the high desert before modern expansion.