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1956 Map of Hunter Lake

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Hunter Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1957
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1957

About this map

Lake Basin dominates this portion of Stillwater County, showing a landscape defined by expansive topographic depressions and the ridges that frame them. The area around Hunter Lake and the larger Big Lake reflects a mid-century rural infrastructure dependent on the land's natural resources and isolated homesteads. Evidence of the region's energy and mineral industry is visible through the Oil Wells, Oil Tanks, and a Quarry, while a Pipeline and Ditch trace the management of water and fuel across the terrain.

Educational life in this period is anchored by small rural schools like Peterson Sch and Leuthold Sch, which served the scattered residents living between Rattlesnake Ridge and the North Fork Valley Creek. Significant landmarks such as Antelope Point and several survey markers, including VABM 4560 Mesa, provide clear navigational points for those tracing the historical geography of this ranching and industrial frontier.