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1954 Map of Hardin

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Hardin
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Hardin stands at the northern edge of this southeastern Montana landscape, where the confluence of the Bighorn River and the Little Bighorn River defines the local geography. In the mid-1950s, this region was dominated by the expansive lands of the Crow Indian Reservation and the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, punctuated by the rising elevations of the Wolf Mountains and the Pine Ridge. The map details a transition from the river-bottom agriculture near Crow Agency to the high-country timber of the Custer National Forest.

Transport is anchored by the Burlington Northern railroad, which follows the river valleys connecting settlements like Lodge Grass, Wyola, and Garryowen. Of particular note for historians is the Custer National Cemetery and Memorial, marking the site of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Further east, the Tongue River Reservoir and surrounding watercourses like Rosebud Creek and Otter Creek illustrate the water management systems vital to this semi-arid terrain.