1962 Map of Trickham

About this map

Trickham and Shields anchor this rural Texas landscape where the Coleman Co Brown Co line forms an indefinite boundary through the brush and ranch lands. The map reveals a community defined by its waterways and small, scattered family burial grounds, including Rice Cem and Henderson Cem. Much of the eastern portion of the sheet is marked by the influence of the West Fork Clear Creek, with significant areas subject to controlled inundation. Economic activity in the early 1960s is evidenced by several oil wells, gravel pits, and a gaging station on Mukewater Creek. The presence of an Old Railroad Grade in the southeast corner provides a clear trace of former transit patterns, now replaced by the winding farm roads that connect isolated churches like Mount View Ch to the neighboring settlements.