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1951 Map of Rimrock Divide

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Rimrock Divide
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

The Crazy Mountains dominate the landscape of this mid-century survey, where the Lewis and Clark National Forest and Gallatin National Forest meet. The high-altitude terrain is marked by the Rimrock Divide and prominent ridges such as Bald Ridge and The Reefs. This era of documentation captures a transitional moment in high-country land use, as several isolated family sites are marked as abandoned, including the McKee Homestead, Hoyem Homestead, and Bill Bracket Place.

Water systems like the Bozeman Fork Musselshell River and Little Cottonwood Creek carve through deep cuts like Meadow Canyon, defining the drainage patterns of the Missouri River Basin. The presence of the Rostad Ranch and Glenns Cabin alongside these named homesteads provides a specific look at the remote ranching and subsistence history of Meagher County before these mountain outposts were largely reclaimed by the surrounding national forests.