1984 Map of Morgan

About this map

The borderlands of Phillips Co meet the international boundary in this 1984 study of the northern Montana plains. The map is centered on Morgan, a point of entry where the Canada-United States line intersects the landscape of Saskatchewan-Montana. The terrain is defined by the winding course of Whitewater Creek, which carves through the undulating prairie alongside Cottonwood Coulee. Local topographic landmarks including Sowers, Sowers NW, and Sowers SE provide a sense of the family-named features and ranching-related geography that characterize this region. This provisional edition preserves the sparse, wide-open character of the high plains before further modernization, documenting the vital drainage systems and boundary markers that defined life on the frontier fringe during the late twentieth century.