1959 Map of Savageton

About this map

Pumpkin Buttes anchor this high plains landscape of Campbell County, where the cattle-ranching economy of the late 1950s is meticulously documented through an extensive network of named family ranches and homesteads. The small settlement of Savageton serves as a local hub, supported by the St Francis Ch, a local Cem, and the Schlautmann School. Water management in this arid environment is evident through the naming of numerous drainages and the presence of an Artesian Well and the Pumpkin Creek Reservoir. This survey captures a specific era of Western land use, marking sites like the Gilkie Ranch (Aband) alongside active operations like the Saunders Ranch and Jordan Ranch. Numerous mines and unimproved roads crossing Hartzog Draw and Willow Creek trace the early industrial and transit footprints of the region.