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1954 Map of Torreon

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Torreon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1993
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1993

About this map

Torreon and Manzano anchor this 1954 topographic record of the Manzano Mountains' eastern slopes. The landscape is defined by a dense network of family-named homesteads and seasonal settlements, including Bermudez Place, Candelaria Place, and Chaves Place, which are scattered along the canyon floors and forest fringes. These labels offer a rare genealogical view of the Hispanic land grant heritage in Torrance County, where subsistence farming and ranching intersected with the Cibola National Forest.

Deep drainage systems like Cañon del Agua and Cañon Nuevo carve through the terrain, while landmarks such as Pino de la Virgen and the prominent Cerrito del Llano provide navigational points in the high-desert transition. The map details the transition from the wooded heights of Comanche Ridge down to the eastern plains, tracing the historic limits of the Town of Tajique and other land grant boundaries.