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1956 Map of Wheat Basin SW

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Wheat Basin SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

Holland Settlement Cemetery serves as a central point of interest in this 1950s study of Stillwater County, providing a tangible link to the area's early homesteading families. The landscape is defined by the drainage patterns of Struck Creek and Toll Creek to the north, while the southern terrain is bisected by the North Fork Valley Creek and South Fork Valley Creek.

Evidence of shifting rural populations is visible in the presence of Battle Butte School (Aband) and Pioneer School (Aband), both marked as abandoned by the time of this field check. A prominent Pipeline cuts across the northern ridges near Greenwood Creek, indicating the integration of industrial infrastructure into this agricultural region. The map also delineates the formal Base Line, a critical surveying marker for land organization in central Montana.