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1965 Map of Mahoney Hill

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Mahoney Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

Mahoney Hill and Blankenbaker Hill dominate this landscape south of Great Falls, characterized by high plateau benches and deeply carved coulees. The map captures a rural ranching and farming economy in the mid-1960s, where small family-named locales like Tesinsky, Elder, and Barn mark the positions of homesteads and outbuildings rather than traditional town centers. The confluence at Three Forks serves as a local hydrologic hub for Forest Creek and the Middle Fork and East Fork of the drainage system.

Genealogists will find particular value in the survey's inclusion of established burial grounds, notably Cottonwood Cem and Tiger Butte Cem. The prevalence of several Gravel Pit sites along the coulees and Shellrock Creek suggests the local importance of aggregate extraction for road maintenance. This survey provides a precise look at the land use and property boundaries of Cascade County before modern development, detailed down to the fine red dashed lines indicating fence lines.