Square Butte Bench dominates this high prairie landscape in Chouteau County, serving as a prominent landform in an area defined by agricultural road grids and drainage coulees. The map details a rural geography where family names are etched into the landscape through thoroughfares such as Hawarden Rd, Nelson Ln, and Robison Rd. Local aviation history is represented by the Owen Bros Airport near the northern boundary, while the Square Butte Bench Cem provides a focal point for genealogical interest in this sparsely populated region. Water management and natural erosion patterns are evident in the systems of Cut Bank Coulee and Big Coulee, which carve through the plains and dictate the placement of ranching infrastructure and boundary lines.
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1890 · Fort Benton
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1892 · Fort Benton
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1897 · Fort Benton
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1953 · Last Chance Bench
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1954 · Great Falls
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1954 · Lewistown
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Great Falls
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1959 · Lewistown
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1972 · Square Butte SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1972 · Square Butte
USGS Topo · 1:24,000