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1959 Map of Grant

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Grant
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

Horse Prairie dominates the southern landscape of this Beaverhead County region, where the settlement of Grant serves as a focal point for a remote ranching and mining district. The map records a series of established family holdings, including the Christensen Ranch, Hughes Ranch, and Pierce Ranch, which are situated along the drainages of Painter Creek and Horse Prairie Creek. This late-1950s survey captures the era before significant modernization, showing a landscape defined by traditional land use and early resource extraction.

Evidence of the area's frontier history is preserved through features such as the Bannack Cem and the Old Knoll Homestead. The terrain transitions from the high peaks of the Beaverhead National Forest and the Big Hole Divide in the west down to the gulches and flats of Badger Gulch and Sheep Gulch. Traces of the region's economic past are visible in the Placer Mines located near the eastern boundary and the presence of the Mill Point Sch, which once served the local ranching families.