
The confluence of the Clarks Fork Yellowstone River and the Yellowstone River anchors this landscape west of Billings, where water management has long dictated the layout of the land. A sophisticated network of irrigation systems, including the Billings Bench Water Association Canal, Cove Ditch, and Canyon Creek Ditch, cuts across the terrain to support agriculture between the rising bluffs and the river valley. The map documents the strategic importance of this corridor for transportation and industry, centered on the rail-related settlement of Mossmain and the neighboring community of Yegen.
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1954 · Billings
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1956 · Rimrock
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1956 · Silesia
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1956 · Two Pine School
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1956 · Laurel
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1956 · Yegen
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1956 · Mossmain
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1957 · Billings
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Billings West
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1958 · Billings
USGS Topo · 1:250,000