1956 Map of Rock Spring

About this map

Stillwater and Yellowstone Counties meet in this high prairie landscape, where the vast Lake Basin depression dominates the southern reaches. Mapped in the mid-1950s as part of the Missouri River Basin development program, the area is defined by a drainage network of intermittent streams like South Comanche Creek and Brown Creek. Human presence is sparse but specific to the era's ranching and aviation needs, notably marked by the Melby Hangar and the namesake Rock Spring.