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1952 Map of Tome

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Tome
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

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Rio Grande irrigation networks define this early 1950s landscape, where a complex system of acequias and drains supports life in the Rio Abajo region. Small agricultural settlements like Tome, Adelino, and La Constancia are clustered along the valley floor, their layouts dictated by the path of the Tome Main Canal and the Peralta Main Canal. The presence of the Adelino School and the Tome Cemetery near the base of El Cerro highlights the established community roots of these Hispanic land grant settlements.

Beyond the fertile valley, the terrain rises sharply into the high desert of the Tome Grant. This arid expanse is marked by isolated features such as La Loma Alta and the La Cañada de la Loma de Arena. Evidence of mid-century infrastructure and industry appears in the form of the At & SF railroad tracks following the river and a lone Oil Well (Aban'd) on the eastern mesas, contrasting the ancient agrarian patterns of the Los Chavez Ditch and Hell Canyon Drain.