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1960 Map of Thebes

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Thebes
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad cuts a diagonal path through this Montana landscape, serving as a primary corridor for movement across Rosebud County. Near the southern end of the rail line lies the small settlement of Thebes, positioned just west of the drainage from Sun Coulee. This area is defined by a series of narrow coulees and creek beds that feed into larger water bodies, including Great Porcupine Creek in the northeast and Thebes Lake near the townsite.

Isolated holdings like Erickson Ranch illustrate the era's land-use patterns, where ranching operations relied on the intermittent water sources of the high plains. The topography is marked by significant erosion patterns, visible in the winding courses of West Blacktail Creek and Blind Coulee, which highlight the drainage network established as part of the Missouri River Basin development program.