1973 Map of Pleasant Prairie SW

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Square Butte rises above the rolling grasslands of the high plains along the border of Roosevelt and Daniels counties. This landscape, as it appeared in the early 1970s, is defined by an intermittent drainage network including Smoke Creek, Morgan Creek, and the curiously named Out Give Creek. The area within the Fort Peck Indian Reservation exhibits a sparse, open character typical of the northeastern Montana prairie, where the topography is shaped by broad coulees and prominent points like Pole Hill. The presence of scattered Spring sites highlights the critical importance of water sources in this dry ranching country, while the fine-lined boundary between Daniels Co and Roosevelt Co marks the administrative divisions of this remote borderland.