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1954 Map of Lemmon

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Lemmon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Lemmon sits at the junction of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad and the North Dakota border, serving as a vital rail hub for the cattle and grain country of the High Plains. This landscape is defined by its dramatic buttes and scattered ranching communities like Bison, Buffalo, and Camp Crook. The topography reveals the intricate drainage systems of the North Fork and South Fork Grand River, which feed into the Shadehill Reservoir.

Large portions of the region are managed as the Custer National Forest, including the timbered heights of the Slim Buttes and the East Short Pine Hills. These landmarks provided essential shelter and resources for early settlers in an otherwise open prairie. For the researcher, the map preserves the location of smaller outposts such as Sorum, Zeona, and Meadow, many of which were central to the homesteading era and the early 20th-century development of Perkins and Harding Counties.