1964 Map of Wagner SW

About this map

The Old Indian Treaty Boundary carves a historic line across this landscape in Charles Mix County, South Dakota, marking a significant legal and territorial divide in the mid-1960s. The terrain shifts from the high, dissected slopes of White Swan and Highland down toward the Missouri River in the southwest. A sense of the region's agricultural and social fabric is preserved through the locations of rural schoolhouses like School No 90 and School No 32, along with community hubs such as St Catherine Ch and Cedar Ch. To the north, the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad tracks skirt the edge of Red Lake, illustrating the logistical importance of rail and water in the Great Plains. The map also documents the drainage systems of Sevenmile Creek and Black Timber Gulch, which shaped the local topography long before modern developments altered the river basin.