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1951 Map of Grosfield Ranch

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Grosfield Ranch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

Grosfield Ranch and the surrounding high country of Sweet Grass County are documented here during a period of agricultural transition in the early 1950s. The landscape is defined by the drainage systems of Big Timber Creek and Swamp Creek, where a network of irrigation ditches like Beley Ditch supported the ranching economy. The map reveals a poignant pattern of settlement, specifically identifying numerous properties that had already fallen out of use by the middle of the twentieth century.

Genealogists can trace family footprints through labels such as the John Nelson Homestead and the Plaggemeyer Homestead, while the marking of several abandoned sites, including the Langus Homestead (Aban'd) and Vik Homestead (Aban'd), provides a record of early homesteading efforts that did not persist. Notable landmarks like the Buffalo Jump Ranch and Whitney Ranch anchor the more established operations in this high-altitude terrain below Whitetail Ridge.