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1964 Map of Diamond Point

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Diamond Point
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

Lolo National Forest encompasses the entirety of this 1964 survey area in Missoula County, showing a landscape defined by sharp drainage divides and high ridges. The Clark Fork clips the northeastern corner, but the interior is dominated by the complex hydrologic networks of Albert Creek, Rock Creek, and Gilman Creek. This map captures a pre-modern wilderness state, where access is dictated by the Grave Creek Pack Trail and other unnamed pack trails rather than a developed road system.

Prominent topographic landmarks such as Diamond Point, Wild Horse Point, and Albert Point serve as primary orientation markers above deep incisions like Elderberry Gulch and Futter Gulch. The scarcity of man-made structures highlights the area's role as a protected forest reserve, focused on the management of timber and watershed resources during the mid-twentieth century. For researchers of Montana's backcountry history, the map provides precise locations for these seasonal trails and named gulches before later forest service development altered the landscape.