Stranahan sits along a prominent bend in the Missouri River in this section of Chouteau County. The landscape is defined by the river’s winding course, which creates distinctive features like Churchill Bend, the Three Islands, and the expansive Crow Coulee Bar. The area maintains a sparse, rural character with a road network primarily dedicated to local transit and river access, including Virgelle Ferry Rd S and Loma Bridge Rd. The township grid system, marked by t26n r11e and t25n r11e, illustrates the orderly surveying of this northern Montana territory. Away from the water, the terrain is shaped by the drainage of Crow Coulee Rd, showing how the hydrology of the Missouri dictates the settlement and movement patterns of the region.
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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
1919 · Big Sandy
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1953 · Boggs Island
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Rocky Lake
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Loma East
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Verona
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Big Bend School
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Stranahan
USGS Topo · 1:24,000