1929 Map of Yucca

About this map

Yucca serves as a central hub in this western Arizona landscape, situated where the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway meets the Old Trails Highway. This 1929 preliminary edition, based on a 1927 survey by J.L. Lewis, shows a region defined by its desert drainage systems, notably the wide path of the Sacramento Wash and its various tributaries like Mackenzie Wash and Happy Jack Wash. To the west, the jagged contours of the Black Mountains dominate the horizon, while isolated peaks such as Cactus Mtn and Flattop rise from the desert floor. The network of secondary routes, including Lebarron Road, Signal Road, and the Yucca Cutoff, highlights the area's role as a transit corridor between the mountains and the flatter desert basins during the late 1920s.