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1929 Map of Simmons

Name: 1929 Topographic Map of Simmons
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1941
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1941

About this map

The Frio River and Nueces River dominate this south Texas landscape, carving through the brush country along the Mc Mullen Co and Live Oak Co line. In the mid-1920s, small rural centers like Calliham and Simmons anchored the local cattle and ranching economy. The topography here is defined by a network of drainage ways such as Lang Creek, White Creek, and Salt Creek, which feed into the primary river systems.

Remote schoolhouses like Brice Sch and tiny settlements such as Paisano and Wentz illustrate the sparse settlement patterns of the era. Transportation was facilitated by essential overland routes including the Tilden and Three Rivers Road and the Reagan Road, which connected these isolated communities before the modernization of the Texas highway system. This survey, compiled from early Air Corps aerial photography, provides a clear view of the regional drainage before significant water management altered the natural flow of the basins.