1967 Map of Ralston

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Shoshone River waters dominate the central landscape of this Park County region, carving a wide valley between the high Powell Flats and the intricately eroded badlands of the south. The settlement at Powell sits in the northeast, served by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad and protected by a network of agricultural infrastructure including the Garland Canal. The map reveals a mid-century community footprint characterized by mid-century landmarks like a Drive-in Theater and the Radio Tower (KPOW) alongside the traditional irrigation-fed ranching landscape. To the south, the terrain shifts abruptly from the irrigated Ralston Flats into a complex system of drainages like Roan Wash and Peerless Coulee. This contrast between the engineered hydraulic grid of the flats and the wilder, southern Pack Trail country highlights the specific boundary of 1960s Wyoming reclamation and settlement.