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1941 Map of Pendroy

Name: 1941 Topographic Map of Pendroy
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1941
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1941

About this map

Pendroy and Dupuyer anchor this Montana landscape, surveyed in the late 1930s at the interface of the Rocky Mountain foothills and the High Plains. The Great Northern railway line terminates in this area, illustrating the limit of rail expansion in north-central Montana. The terrain is defined by a series of branching waterways including the Marias River, Dupuyer Creek, and Farmers Coulee, which supported a network of early cattle operations such as the Soberup Ranch and Armstrong Ranch.

Evidence of resource extraction is found along the northern reaches, where the Hubbard Mine, Oertel Mine, and Kellogg Mine are located. The map also documents the essential rural infrastructure of the period, from the Bynum Canal irrigation systems to localized educational centers like Highview Sch and Harmony Sch. This survey serves as a record of the Pondera and Teton County border region before modern highway development reshaped the local road network.