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1904 Map of Assinniboine

Name: 1904 Topographic Map of Assinniboine
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1904
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1904

About this map

Fort Assinniboine Military Reservation anchors the southern portion of this northern Montana landscape, established as a strategic outpost along the Milk River. The era's cattle-ranching economy is exceptionally well-documented here, with over a dozen family-owned spreads including Lohman's Ranch, Thackery Bros' Ranch, and Sprague's Ranch dotted throughout the river valley and coulees.

Transport and education networks are tightly integrated into the homesteading pattern, shown by the Cypress Ranch Schoolhouse and the junction of the Great Northern R. R. with the Montana Central R. R. at Pacific Junc.. From the Targets on the military grounds to the small siding at Burnham, the map records a specific moment of transition from frontier fortification to established railroad and ranching corridor.