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1951 Map of Wilsall

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Wilsall
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

Wilsall serves as the focal point of this 1951 survey, situated at the confluence of the Northern Pacific railroad and the Shields River. The settlement pattern reflects the early development of Park County, with the town’s layout and the Wilsall Cemetery clearly defined against the backdrop of the high Battle Ridge to the west. The map illustrates a landscape transitioning from the river bottomlands into the foothills of the Little Belt Mountains.

Water rights and agricultural infrastructure are prominent, evidenced by the network of ditches and flumes branching from the Shields River and Flathead Creek. Local history is preserved through labels for the Meyersburg vicinity and the Brackett Creek School in the southern reaches, marking the locations of community nodes that supported the ranching families of the era. The presence of Horse Creek Road and Brackett Creek Road shows the established transportation corridors connecting these isolated creek drainages.