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1963 Map of Whitehall

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Whitehall
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The town of Whitehall serves as a central hub in this Montana valley, where the Northern Pacific and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroads converge. The landscape is defined by the winding course of the Jefferson River and its intricate drainage systems, including Big Pipestone Creek and Whitetail Creek. To the south, the terrain rises sharply into the Tobacco Root Mountains within the Deerlodge National Forest, a region marked by geological prospecting and extraction.

Evidence of the area's industrial and agricultural development is clear in the extensive Parrot Ditch irrigation network and the presence of mining operations like the Mayflower Mine and various Mines near Gold Hill. Smaller settlements such as Piedmont and Renova are situated along the rail lines and riverbanks, while numerous named water sources like Bone Basin Spring and Splan Springs suggest a reliance on localized water for ranching and mining in the drier upland reaches.