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1951 Map of Fairview Peak

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Fairview Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

Gallatin National Forest encompasses this high-elevation landscape in the early 1950s, characterized by the dramatic rise of Fairview Peak and a dense network of mountain drainage systems like Rock Creek and Duck Creek. The map records a transition in land use, showing numerous inactive residential and industrial sites scattered through the valleys. The presence of the Rock Creek Camp Ground suggests the area's mid-century role in recreation, even as older pioneer and industrial footprints faded.

Genealogists and local historians will find significant data in the identification of multiple family homesteads, such as the Cole Homestead and Gerard Homestead, alongside early commercial sites like the Bishir Sawmill. These labels provide a spatial record of specific families—including the Heups, Payne, and Trainer families—who once lived along the timbered slopes and creek bottoms of the Park and Sweet Grass county line.