1968 Map of Dore

About this map

The Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site and Fort Buford State Historic Site stand at the strategic confluence where the Missouri River meets the North Dakota-Montana border. This survey captures a landscape defined by the intersection of early frontier military history and 20th-century irrigation efforts. The Main Canal and several Siphon installations cutting through the Buford area illustrate the region's reliance on water management for agriculture, while the Burlington Northern railroad provides the primary industrial artery through the settlements of Nohly and Dore. To the south, the terrain becomes more complex as North Fork Fourmile Creek and Fourmile Creek meander toward Nohly Lake. For local historians, the placement of the Fairview Cem and various unnamed cemeteries near Figley Coulee offers valuable genealogical context in this sparsely populated borderland.