1958 Map of Stocke Butte

About this map

Elsworth township in rural McKenzie County defines the northern portion of this landscape, characterized by the winding drainage of Cherry Creek. The social fabric of the late 1950s is evidenced by the presence of a Town Hall, the Zoar Ch and its adjacent Cem, and the Red Wing Sch located near the banks of Red Wing Creek. These modest community landmarks served a dispersed population of ranchers and farmers before the modern development of the region. To the south, the terrain rises toward the prominent elevation of Stocke Butte, while the lower margin of the sheet encompasses a portion of the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park. The map documents a period when the Missouri River Basin development program was actively surveying the topography of the North Dakota badlands, capturing a network of unimproved roads and sectional boundaries that have since evolved.