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1956 Map of Roscoe NE

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Roscoe NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

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The Stillwater and Carbon County border runs through this mid-century ranching landscape, where family operations dominate the high plains. Named for the families that established them, properties like the Walter Korpela Ranch, Kamppinen Ranch, and Irgoff Hoiness Ranch are scattered along the drainage of Whitebird Creek and Lodge Grass Creek. The presence of the Joe Hill Creek Sch (Aband) and Upper Whitebird Sch reflects the historical distribution of rural education for these remote ranching communities.

Water management is central to the land's utility, evidenced by the Ramsland Ditch, S Canal, and Inderland Canal cutting across the terrain. These man-made features, alongside a prominent Pipeline, illustrate the infrastructure required to support agricultural life in this part of Montana during the 1950s. A small Cem stands as a quiet marker of the generations tied to these specific tracts of land.