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1968 Map of Sanders Hollow

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Sanders Hollow
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Tongue South Pease River and the North Wichita River headwaters dominate this West Texas landscape along the border of Motley and Dickens Counties. In the late 1960s, this area was characterized by a sparsely settled ranching economy, with life revolving around widely spaced water sources and family-named windmills. The ranching infrastructure is anchored by Red Lake Ranch, which maintained its own Red Lake Ranch Airfield and several outlying structures.

A network of drainage systems including Sanders Hollow, Cottonwood Creek, and Middle Creek carves through the terrain, supporting a Youth Camp and essential livestock landmarks like County Line Tank. Named windmills such as Hoyle Windmill, Jobe Windmill, and Sam Windmill are meticulously recorded, providing valuable markers for those tracing historical land use or local genealogy in this stretch of the South Plains.