1944 Map of Lewistown

About this map

Lewistown serves as the industrial and transportation hub of central Fergus County in the early 1940s, anchored by its Oil Refinery and a complex network of railroads. The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific and Great Northern lines converge at junctions like Roy Winifred Junc and Lewistown Junc, supporting a local economy built on mining and agriculture. To the northeast, the Judith Mountains rise sharply, dotted with historical mining operations such as the New Year Mine and Western Mines, both noted as inactive by this time. The map reveals a community well-served by civic infrastructure, from the County Fairgrounds and Lewistown Airport to several rural schoolhouses like Standard Sch and Lucier Sch. Coal mining remains active along the southern ridges, evidenced by the Divide Coal Mine and Skaggs Coal Mine near the settlement of Heath.