1985 Map of Zapata

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Falcon Reservoir dominates this South Texas landscape, where the waters of the Rio Grande are impounded along the international border. This mid-1980s data highlights the cross-border geography, contrasting the organized grid of Zapata and the developing residential clusters of Siesta Shores and Las Palmas with the historical footprint of Nueva Ciudad Guerrero on the Mexico side. The map traces the critical infrastructure of the era, from the Falcon Dam and its associated Powerhouse to the primary transit corridor of Us 83.