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1975 Map of Elliston

Name: 1975 Topographic Map of Elliston
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1993
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1993

About this map

The Continental Divide serves as the literal and topographic backbone of this mid-1970s Montana landscape, separating the headwaters of the Blackfoot River from the Missouri River drainage. High-altitude mining history is etched into the terrain at the Swansea Mine and Carbonate King Mine, while the Fort William Henry Harrison military reservation dominates the eastern approach near the state capital's periphery.

Transportation corridors follow the natural gaps in the Eisenhower Range and Garnet Range, where the Burlington Northern and Milwaukee Road rail lines parallel the path of U S Highway 12. From the small settlement of Helmville in the northwest to the isolated site of Wall City in the southwest, the map documents a region defined by its timbered slopes within the Helena National Forest and the early development of recreation routes like the Continental Divide Trail.