1958 Map of Stocke Butte

About this map

Ellsworth township and the surrounding Badlands landscape define this mid-century survey of western North Dakota. The map captures a rural social fabric focused around the Town Hall and the Zoar Ch and adjacent Cem, reflecting a period of settled agricultural life before later shifts in land use. Education for the dispersed population was centered at the Red Wing Sch, located near the Red Wing Creek drainage. The southern edge of the map introduces the distinct, eroded topography of the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, where the elevation rises significantly toward the Long X Divide. Prominent geographic features like Stocke Butte and the Tepee Buttes provided essential navigation points for ranchers and early residents navigating the drainage systems of Cherry Creek.