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1963 Map of Regnal Coulee

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Regnal Coulee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

Big Breed Creek and its many winding tributaries define this mid-century landscape along the border of Garfield and Rosebud counties. The topography is dominated by deeply eroded drainages and coulees, reflecting the arid ranching character of central Montana. Names like Regnal Coulee, Diego Coulee, and Studhorse Coulee mark the terrain, where intermittent water sources shaped the movement of livestock and the location of early range improvements.

Evidence of resource exploration appears in the form of a Well and a Drill Hole, signaling the early industrial probes into these isolated sections. The map reveals a land structured by section lines rather than dense settlement, where the relationship between the drainage of Beaverhill Creek and the surrounding plateaus dictated the placement of unimproved dirt roads and homestead boundaries in the early 1960s.