1954 Map of Glasgow

About this map

Glasgow Air Force Base stands as a prominent cold-war installation northeast of Glasgow, marking a landscape defined by the intersection of military strategy and expansive Montana ranchland. This 1970s revision of earlier data traces the corridor of the Milk River and the Burlington Northern railroad, where grain sidings and small settlements like Vandalia and Tampico follow the tracks. The map details a transition from the agricultural valley to the high, broken ground of the Larb Hills and numerous named drainages such as Eagles Nest Coulee. Conservation and indigenous land use are heavily represented, with the boundaries of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation and the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Range covering significant portions of the southeast. To the north, the isolated West Fork Post Office and the border town of Opheim anchor a sparse network of roads reaching toward the United States Canada border.