1918 Map of St Regis

About this map

Mining operations and transcontinental rail corridors define this mountain landscape along the Montana-Idaho border during the early twentieth century. The St Regis River valley serves as a critical passage for two major railroads, the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul and the Northern Pacific, which connect mountain settlements like Haugan, Deborgia, and Henderson. Industry is centered on high-altitude mineral claims such as the Black Traveller Mine and Saltese Consolidated Mine, reflecting a period of intense extraction in the Coeur d'Alene Mountains. Local infrastructure includes the St Regis Ranger Sta and a Power House on Cedar Creek, indicating the growth of federal forest management and early utility development in the Bitterroot Mountains and Lolo National Forest.