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1941 Map of Standart

Name: 1941 Topographic Map of Standart
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

Standart and the surrounding ranchlands of Kinney County appear here as surveyed in the early 1940s, revealing a landscape defined by seasonal watercourses and private pastoral holdings. The Southern Pacific railroad cuts a diagonal line across the terrain, serving small stations and sidings like Amanda and Pinto. This transit corridor parallels the Jefferson Memorial Highway, providing the primary link between these isolated livestock operations and the larger regional markets.

Local infrastructure for the ranching families is centered around the Mud Creek Sch and numerous named water sources like Stricklin Spr. Large family estates, including the Whitehead-Wardlaw Ranch and Prosser-Walker Ranch, dominate the geography. The map captures the intricate drainage patterns of Sycamore Creek and Perdido Creek, which were vital for sustaining the cattle and sheep that drove the local economy in this part of Texas.