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1921 Map of Drummond

Name: 1921 Topographic Map of Drummond
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1946
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1946

About this map

The Garnet Range dominates this West-Central Montana landscape, a region defined by early 20th-century mining camps and narrow mountain valleys. Following surveys in 1915 and 1919, the map reveals a corridor of activity along the Clark Fork river, where the Northern Pacific and Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroads run parallel through the canyon. High in the mountains, mining outposts like Garnet and Coloma are shown alongside the distinctive Copper Cliff.

South of the mountains, the terrain opens into ranching country where family-named sites such as Cottonwood Ranch, Williams Ranch, and the McCarthy Ranch are documented. Small rural schoolhouses, including Cow Creek School, Fahey School, and Sugarloaf School, are scattered across the Willow Creek and Flint Creek drainages. This era shows the established township of Drummond and the settlement of New Chicago as local centers of commerce and transport before the modern highway system reshaped the valley.