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1961 Map of Glen SE

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Glen SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

The Beaverhead River defines the heart of this landscape, its wandering course supporting an intricate network of irrigation ditches essential to Montana agriculture in the early 1960s. Family names are etched into the hydrology of the valley, from the Staudaher West Side Ditch and Staudaher East Side Ditch in the north to the Stodden Ditch and Lower Johnson Ditch further south.

Infrastructure development is visible at the Dillon Airport and along the East Bench Canal, which was noted as Under Construction at the time of the survey. The terrain transitions from the marshy lowlands of Albers Slough and Selway Slough to the upland drainages of Stone Creek and Carter Creek. These water-management features, including the Drummy Ditch No 2 and Larson Ditch, provide a detailed record of the land use and ranching history in the Beaverhead valley.