1967 Map of Marsh

About this map

The Yellowstone River cuts a wide path through this Dawson County landscape, its banks defined by the irrigation infrastructure of the Main Canal. The small community of Marsh sits south of the river, anchored by the Burlington Northern railroad corridor and a local Cem. The map reveals an agrarian economy dependent on water management, with features like a Grain Bin and the Yale Sch marking the rural social and industrial geography of the mid-20th century. High bluffs and dissected coulees rise away from the river valley, drained by a network of seasonal waterways including Little Cracker Box Creek, Cracker Box Creek, and Clear Creek. The inclusion of a large Pipeline and the Bad Route Cr indicates the transition from traditional valley farming to modern utility and transport corridors in this portion of eastern Montana.