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1894 Map of Santa Fe

Name: 1894 Topographic Map of Santa Fe
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1923
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1923

About this map

Santa Fe serves as the hub of this late-19th-century survey, capturing the territorial capital before New Mexico attained statehood. The map documents a critical transition in transportation, showing the established Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad alongside the Santa Fe Southern R. R. and even a Proposed line of S.F.S.R.R. branching toward the southwest. From the historic Old Fort Marcy overlooking the town to the scattered northern settlements of Tesuque Pueblo and Nambe, the map illustrates a landscape defined by traditional land use and the emerging rail economy.

The high country of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains dominates the eastern half, where peaks like Baldy Peak and Truchas Peak rise within the early boundaries of the Santa Fe National Forest. Indigenous and Hispanic heritage is legible through place names like Santuario and Gonzales Ranch, while water sources such as Aztec Springs and the Rio Pecos dictate the patterns of local ranching and settlement.