1965 Map of Pine Grove School

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The Charles M Russell National Wildlife Refuge dominates this Garfield County landscape, where the northern breaks meet the waters of Fort Peck Lake. This mid-1960s survey preserves the location of scattered prairie institutions like the Pine Grove Sch and a solitary Cem tucked between the drainages of North Sawmill Creek and South Sawmill Creek. The terrain is defined by dramatic elevation changes, moving from the heights of Herman Ridge and Table Top down to the many coulees and creek beds that feed the Missouri River Basin. Small settlement sites like Dogtown and Leedy mark the thin human footprint in this expansive wildlife territory, while numerous benchmarks like BM 3383 and BM 3286 provide exact topographical reference points for early surveyors and contemporary researchers.