1955 Map of Stockett

About this map

Malmstrom Air Force Base overlooks the high plains south of Great Falls, where the industrial and military presence of the mid-1950s meets the legacy of early coal mining and homesteading. The deeply carved drainage of Sand Coulee Creek serves as the primary corridor for settlement, linking the mining and railroad towns of Sandcoulee, Centerville, and Stockett. This rugged landscape is defined by its social infrastructure, featuring a dense network of country schoolhouses such as New Century Sch and Flemming Sch, alongside numerous community burial grounds like Sandcoulee Cem and Tiger Butte Cem. The Great Northern railway line winds through the coulees, tracing the path of commerce that established these small Cascades County communities. The map highlights the transition from the flat agricultural expanses of Gibson Flats to the broken, benchland terrain of Cottonwood Bench.