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1894 Map of Santa Fe

Name: 1894 Topographic Map of Santa Fe
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1910
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1910

About this map

Santa Fe serves as the hub of this high-altitude landscape surveyed in the late 1880s, where the Sangre de Cristo foothills met the growing territorial infrastructure of New Mexico. The map illustrates the town’s military and transportation roots, showing Old Fort Marcy overlooking the streets and the Santa Fe Southern R. R. entering from the west. Beyond the city, the terrain is defined by Spanish land-use patterns and indigenous heritage, including Tesuque Pueblo and the religious site of Santuario to the north.

Transportation corridors follow the natural breaks in the mountains, most notably the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad winding through Apache Canyon and Canoncito toward the high pass at Glorieta. Water remains the critical factor for settlement, with the Rio Pecos carving a deep valley to the east and the Santa Cruz R. in the north, supporting small agricultural outposts like the Gonzales Ranch.