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1974 Map of Bonetraill SW

Name: 1974 Topographic Map of Bonetraill SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Bull Butte rises as a central landmark in this Williams County landscape, surrounded by the high plains townships of Strand Ahl, Bonetraill, and Hebron. The map illustrates a rural North Dakota environment defined by scattered agricultural operations and resource extraction, with multiple Gravel Pits and a smaller Gravel Pit positioned near the center of the survey area. These features suggest the local importance of aggregate materials for building and maintaining the regional road network during the mid-1970s.

Community life is anchored by several important genealogical landmarks located in the southern portion of the quadrangle. The St Lucas Ch and the Williston Cem serve as focal points for local history researchers, marking the spiritual and communal center for the surrounding farmsteads. The winding path of Cow Creek provides a natural break in the geometric township grid, while fine red dashed lines throughout the map delineate the field and fence lines that shaped the territory at the time of the 1973 aerial photography.