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1955 Map of Springtime

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Springtime
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

The Yellowstone River cuts a wide path through this portion of Stillwater County, defining the local transport and drainage patterns in the mid-1950s. The Northern Pacific railroad runs parallel to the river's north bank, serving the small settlement of Springtime and the nearby location of Craver. To the south, the landscape is marked by deep coulees and ridges, including Haystack Coulee and Kennedy Coulee, which channel water toward the main river valley.

Evidence of earlier rural life is found in the southern hills, where the Countryman Creek Sch (Aband) sits near the headwaters of Countryman Creek. The topography rises steeply to landmarks like Warner Hill in the north and the high ground above Bridge Coulee. This survey illustrates the era's reliance on the river-corridor infrastructure, including the Merrill-Columbus road, which connected these isolated river communities before the development of modern interstate systems.