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1978 Map of Arrow Peak

Name: 1978 Topographic Map of Arrow Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

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The Lewis and Clark Mountains dominate this 1970s landscape, where the high-altitude terrain of the Lewis and Clark National Forest transitions across the Chouteau and Judith Basin county line. This era of the forest is characterized by remote outposts and seasonal encampments rather than established towns. The Highwood Guard Sta and Thair Creek Campground serve as the primary human touchpoints within a complex network of drainage basins.

Water serves as the primary surveyor of this landscape, with significant flows including Shonkin Creek in the north and the Middle Fork Little Belt Creek to the south. Distinctive summits like Arrow Peak and Lava Peak provide dramatic verticality to a region otherwise defined by deep coulees and pack trails. Small, family-named locations such as Everly and Loberg indicate the sparse but persistent human presence in these high Montana mountains during the late twentieth century.