1923 Map of Signal

About this map

The Big Sandy River and Bill Williams River serve as the primary lifelines through this arid landscape, where early 20th-century mining and ranching settlements cling to the desert floor. Topography by Carl Lauson and N.H.Darton reveals a network of springs and washes critical to survival, including Castaneda Spring and Cane Spring Wash. Notable mining interests are evident at Swansea and Planet, locations that represent the industrial push into the Buckskin Mountains and surrounding ranges. The map also delineates the L. M. Baca Float No. 5, a remnant of the complex land grant history in Arizona. These early cartographic records document the scattered outposts like Signal and Wickieup before modern infrastructure fundamentally altered the accessibility of the region.