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1958 Map of Lame Deer

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Lame Deer
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Lame Deer serves as the primary hub in this late 1950s survey of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, with the town's Lame Deer Sch and Rodeo Grounds marking the community center. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of drainage systems, including Lame Deer Creek, Sweet Medicine Gulch, and Spotted Elk Creek, which carve through the high plains. A clear sense of the area's rural social structure is evident in the presence of the Muddy Creek Ch and the adjacent Muddy Creek Cem located to the west along Muddy Creek.

Insights into early 20th-century ranching and land use are preserved here through labels like the Bixby Ranch (Aband) and Harris Ranch. The map captures a moment before modern development, where U.S. 212 provided the main artery through the complex topography of Black Canyon and Soldier Gulch. These details offer a precise view of the geographic and cultural markers that once defined this portion of the Big Horn and Rosebud County border.