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1984 Map of Antelope Gulch

Name: 1984 Topographic Map of Antelope Gulch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

Little Missouri River and the Belle Fourche River anchor this mid-1980s look at the high plains landscape straddling the Carter County and Crook County line. The map captures an era of dispersed ranching, where family-named operations like Foster Ranch, Maupin Ranch, and Edsall Ranch define the settlement pattern across the draws and gulches.

Surface resource extraction is evident through several Clay Pits located near the draws, suggesting localized industrial activity alongside traditional grazing. Terrain features such as Stoneville Flats and the steep incisions of Antelope Gulch and Arrowhead Gulch illustrate the drainage network feeding into the primary river systems. The map is a record of the rural infrastructure of the period, from the unimproved roads following North Boggy Creek to the various springs that provided vital water in this arid borderland.