1969 Map of Indian Arrow

About this map

Indian Base Line serves as a primary geographic anchor for this 1969 survey of Yellowstone County, Montana. The terrain is defined by an intricate network of drainage systems, including Arrow Creek, Indian Creek, and Telegraph Creek, which carve through the landscape south of the Crow Indian Reservation Boundary. Evidence of mid-century infrastructure and land use is visible in the isolated Oil Well and a small Landing Strip, while the prominent Huntley benchmark sits atop a high ridge overlooking Burnt Coulee. This survey was conducted just as photogrammetric methods were being refined, capturing the winding paths of Squaw Creek Road and Indian Creek Road before modern development altered these rural corridors. The map provides a detailed view of the transitional topography between the plateaus and the deep coulees such as Custer Coulee and Three Wolf Creek.