1995 Map of Haymaker Ranch SW

About this map

The Olaf Community Center stands as a lonely social landmark in this mid-1990s landscape of the Montana prairie. Situated in the northern reaches of Wheatland County, the terrain is defined by a dense network of coulees and forks draining the surrounding uplands. The Haymaker State Wildlife Management Area and the Lewis and Clark National Forest dominate the northwestern corner, where the Musselshell Ranger District maintains the forest boundary. Named drainage features like Barnhard Coulee, Morrisey Coulee, and Willis Coulee carve through the cattle-ranching country, converging toward the Clarks Fork. Traces of local industry appear in the form of a Gravel Pit near the center of the sheet, while the presence of a Flowing Well in the southwest suggests the vital importance of groundwater in this high plains environment.