1981 Map of Evergreen NE

About this map

Badlands National Monument defines the northern reaches of this landscape, where the stark, eroded terrain meets the northern edge of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Boundary. The map documents a sparsely populated region of South Dakota where movement is guided by the historical Big Foot Trail winding through the southern sections. This path, of significant importance to the history of the Lakota people, cuts across a territory defined more by its drainage systems like Palmer Creek and Mousseau Creek than by modern infrastructure. Human presence is sparse, marked primarily by the St Luke Cem in the southwest corner and occasional isolated wells, reflecting the transition between protected monument lands and reservation territory during the early 1980s.