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1961 Map of Glen SE

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Glen SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

The Beaverhead River defines this landscape in Beaverhead County, creating a complex network of branching watercourses and managed irrigation channels. By the early 1960s, the valley floor was heavily modified by family-named infrastructure such as the Staudaher West Side Ditch, Brown Ditch, and Albers Ditch. These features reflect a legacy of ranching and water rights common in western Montana, where natural features like Slough and Stone Creek were integrated into larger systems like the East Bench Canal.

Transportation and utility markers emphasize the region's development, from the rural thoroughfare of Anderson Lane to the Dillon Airport in the south. The mapping of Radio Towers and numerous gravel pits suggests an era of modernizing infrastructure amidst the agricultural terrain. The presence of smaller features like Frying Pan Gulch and Selway Ditch provides specific points of interest for those tracing land use or family holdings near Willard.