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1963 Map of Tse Bonita School

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Tse Bonita School
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

The Navajo Indian Reservation dominates this high-desert landscape in McKinley County, where the topography is defined by an intricate network of washes and canyons. Small-scale resource extraction is evident near the western boundary at the Window Rock Dump Coal Mine and a Strip Mine further south, suggesting a localized mining economy during the early 1960s. The presence of the Tse Bonita Sch provides a rare point of community infrastructure in a territory otherwise shaped by natural landmarks.

Water sources are vital and frequently named across the terrain, from the perennial flow of Black Creek to isolated points like Claw Spring. The unusual nomenclature of Burned Through the Rock Wash and Slick Rock Wash reflects a deep descriptive relationship with the physical environment. A singular Pipeline cutting through the southern townships marks the introduction of modern utility corridors across these ancestral lands.