1953 Map of Santo Domingo Pueblo

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The Rio Grande valley serves as the central corridor of this landscape, flanked by the Cochiti Pueblo Grant and the Santo Domingo Pueblo Grant. Indigenous settlements such as Cochiti Pueblo and Santo Domingo Pueblo anchor the cultural geography, while the village of Peña Blanca sits at the edge of a complex irrigation system of canals and ditches. The later 20th-century revisions to this survey highlight the massive engineering of the Cochiti Dam, which created Cochiti Lake and significantly altered the river's hydrology near Peralta Canyon. Transportation and industry are marked by the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad line running through Domingo, where a Gravel Pit and proximity to Galisteo Creek indicate the local economy. The surrounding mesas, including La Majada Mesa, lead into the protected lands of the Santa Fe National Forest.