1962 Map of Horse Creek Butte

About this map

Gattin Ranch sits in a high drainage of the Salmon National Forest in this 1962 field-checked survey of Lemhi County. The terrain is defined by a dense network of high ridges and named creeks, including Oreana Ridge and Long Tom Ridge, which separate the various branches of Horse Creek. This mid-century study captures a remote interior landscape where human presence is marked primarily by scattered outposts such as Big Indian Camp and Swamp Camp. A lonely Jeep Trail provides the only recorded vehicle access toward the southwest, passing near the high-elevation Corn Lake. For the local historian or outdoorsman, the map preserves the exact locations of these remote stations and the specific nomenclature used by the Forest Service before modern wilderness designations further altered land management in the region.