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1958 Map of Miles City

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

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

The Yellowstone River and Powder River define the ranching and rail landscape of eastern Montana in this mid-century survey. Miles City serves as the regional anchor, flanked by the Fort Keogh National Wildlife Reservation and marked by the prominent Signal Butte. The map reveals a highly decentralized rural society where small rural schools, such as Medicine Rocks School and Lame Jones School, and isolated ranches like the Devlin Ranch and Hyman Ranch, are the primary landmarks across the high plains.

Transportation is dominated by the Northern Pacific RR and the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific RR, which connect a string of sidings and small settlements like Terry, Fallon, and Wibaux. The presence of an underground pipeline and scattered oil wells near Baker signals the industrial layers of the era, while the state line with North Dakota highlights the remote eastern reaches of the Montana territory.