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1973 Map of Tolar SW

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Tolar SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

White Mesa dominates the southwestern quadrant of this eastern New Mexico landscape, a high tableland punctuated by family-named water sources and small burial sites. The presence of Blanco Cem and another uncaptioned Cem near the mesa's edge provides valuable evidence for genealogists researching early settlement families in this part of De Baca and Roosevelt counties. Water security was the defining factor of life here, as evidenced by a network of windmills and wells such as Fletcher Windmill, Fry Windmill, and White Well.

In the north, shifting Sand Dunes and various Drill Hole markers indicate the dynamic interplay of natural geology and late-twentieth-century industrial exploration. The transition across the TIN TIS Base Line and the county boundary between De Baca Co and Roosevelt Co shows how the land was surveyed and partitioned, while features like Elliott Windmill and Noblitt Windmill mark the persistence of ranching infrastructure in this arid environment.