1967 Map of Nibbe

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The Yellowstone River cuts across the northern edge of this Montana landscape, where the historic Lewis and Clark Trail follows the river valley near the landmark Pompeys Pillar. By the late 1960s, the region’s agricultural infrastructure is well-defined by the Huntley Main Canal and Highline Canal, which navigate the elevation changes between the fertile valley floor and the rising southern bluffs. Small siding settlements and shipping points like Nibbe, Newton, and Mann line the Northern Pacific railroad tracks, while the Chicago Burlington and Quincy line skirts the edges of Anita Reservoir. To the south, the terrain transforms into a complex network of drainages such as Barley Coulee, illustrating the transition from irrigated riverfront to the open, dissected uplands along the Yellowstone and Big Horn County line.