1960 Map of Wallace

About this map

The Flathead Indian Reservation dominates the eastern expanse of this 1960 survey, reaching from the shores of Flathead Lake down to the National Bison Range. This area of Western Montana and the Idaho panhandle is defined by its industrial and ecological intersections, where the deep mining operations of the Morning Mine and Star Mine near the Idaho border contrast with protected lands like the Nine Pipe Wildlife Refuge. Transport corridors follow the natural topography, with the Northern Pacific and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroads threading through the river valleys of the Clark Fork and St Joe River. The map detail captures the era's regional hubs, from the lakeside community of Polson and the Montana State University Biological Laboratory to the railway-dependent towns of Superior, Saint Ignatius, and Thompson Falls.