1954 Map of Santa Fe

About this map

The Sangre de Cristo Mountains dominate the western landscape of this mid-century survey, rising sharply above the state capital at Santa Fe. To the east, the terrain transitions into the high plains and mesa country, where the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad snakes through the mountains at Glorieta and follows the Gallinas River to Las Vegas. The map documents a sprawling network of ranching infrastructure, punctuated by thousands of windmills and remote outposts across the Mora River and Canadian River basins.