1958 Map of Clifton

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Great Northern rail lines cut through the southern landscape of this Pierce County survey, connecting the small settlement at Clifton to the wider region. The terrain is defined by the massive, irregular basin of Antelope Lake, which dominates the central and northern sections of the map along with Lesmeister Lake to the northeast. This 1950s documentation shows a landscape shaped by glacial depressions and the systematic organization of the Public Land Survey System, with township and section lines clearly delineated across the prairie. The presence of a local Gravel Pit near the southwestern corner suggests the area's small-scale resource extraction and road-building activity during the mid-century development of the Missouri River Basin.