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1996 Map of Bear Canyon

Name: 1996 Topographic Map of Bear Canyon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1999
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1999

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The Pryor Mountains dominate this 1996 landscape, where the high-altitude terrain of the Custer National Forest meets the arid basins along the Montana-Wyoming border. This area is defined by a complex network of drainage systems, including the deep cuts of King Canyon and Bear Canyon, alongside seasonal watercourses like Blue Wash and Dry Creek.

Resource extraction and water management characterize the human footprint on this high desert environment. Prospectors and surveyors marked the land with scattered prospects, a Quarry, and a Gravel Pit. The scarcity of water is evidenced by named improvements such as the Hard Luck Well and Mis-Rovin Well, which supported ranching and exploration in the borderlands where Carbon and Big Horn counties meet.