1970 Map of Sugar Land

About this map

The Brazos River meanders across this landscape, defining a region characterized by extensive agricultural activity and institutional land use in the early 1970s. The sprawling State Prison Farm dominates much of the central and eastern portions of the map, situated north of the river and south of the Southern Pacific tracks. This correctional presence is interwoven with established rural communities like Harlem and Booth, as well as small settlements along the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe line, including Crabb.