1969 Map of Tolman Flat

About this map

Dilworth Bench and the high plateaus of Tolman Flat dominate this landscape along the border of Montana and Wyoming. The map captures a rugged drainage system defined by Wolf Creek and Tiger Gulch in the north, giving way to the western edge of the Custer National Forest. This 1969 field-checked survey reveals a sparse but functional frontier geography, where isolated water sources like Tolman Spring and Three Corner Spring were vital for land use. Traces of early industrial activity appear at the Grove Creek Mine and several sites labeled simply as Prospect, indicating the era's mineral exploration. For genealogists and local historians, the Tolman Cem serves as a significant landmark, marking the presence of early inhabitants in this high-elevation ranching and mining country before later 20th-century developments reached these borderlands.