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1955 Map of Greycliff

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Greycliff
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

The Yellowstone River cuts a wide path through this Sweet Grass County landscape, serving as the primary corridor for regional travel and transport in the mid-1950s. The Northern Pacific railroad tracks hug the southern bank of the river, passing through the small community of Greycliff. This area is defined by a sophisticated system of water management for agriculture, including the Pioneer Ditch, Bailey Ditch, and the Fletcher Flume, which redirect water across the varied terrain of gulches and sloughs.

Local history is preserved in the naming of several distinctive drainages, such as Old Schoolhouse Gulch and New Schoolhouse Gulch, suggesting a shift in early community infrastructure. Further north, the Howie Sch and the Howie Road indicate the rural settlement patterns of the era. The presence of Eatons Inn and the Boe Ranch provide specific points of interest for genealogists and local historians tracing the development of this river-and-rail economy.