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1970 Map of Walking Cane Ranch

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Walking Cane Ranch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

Walking Cane Ranch and the surrounding high plains of Lea County are depicted here during a period of active resource extraction and livestock management. The landscape is defined by the infrastructure of the Oil Field, with numerous drill holes and a network of pipelines cutting across the terrain.

Water is the vital commodity of this era, evidenced by a dense distribution of named wells and pumps such as Antelope Windmill, Lambert Windmill, and Oil Well Windmill. These features, along with localized Gravel Pits and the small settlement at Warren, reveal the economic reliance on both subterranean mineral wealth and traditional ranching. The fine red dashed lines throughout the quadrangle denote established fence lines, marking the parceling of the New Mexico range.