Boulder Montana Butte-Silver Bow Clancy USGS Topo Map 1933
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Boulder Montana Butte-Silver Bow Clancy USGS Topo Map 1933

$39

This USGS 30-minute topographic sheet is a 1899 edition printed in 1933, an antique sheet in good condition on thick stock. It takes in country northeast of Butte in southwestern Montana, with the quad area spanning parts of Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Powell, and Silver Bow counties and including the towns of Boulder and Clancy along with Basin, Corbin, and Jefferson City; portions of the Helena and Deerlodge National Forests and the Elkhorn Wilderness Study Area fall within its boundaries. Drawn from an 1896 and 1897 field survey, long before Interstate 15 was built, it records the wagon roads and rail lines that carried people through this mining country. The map area is clean with no markings or blemishes, though the sheet carries a midsheet horizontal foldline and handling wear through the collars, with two minor edge tears stabilized by archival tape on the back.

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MAP DETAILS
TITLEBoulder
STATEMontana
LOCATIONVicinity of Butte-Silver Bow, 20 miles northeast of Butte
SERIES30-minute
SURVEYED1896 and 1897 Field Survey
GEOGRAPHERE.M. Douglas
ENGRAVED1898
EDITION1899
PRINTED1933
SCALE1:125000
CONTOUR INTERVAL100 feet
SHEET DIMENSIONS16 1/2 x 20 inches
MAP DIMENSIONS12 1/8 x 17 1/2 inches
COVERAGE AREA24 x 35 miles
SHEET CONDITION
For maps of this vintage, effort is made to note all visible flaws, no matter how minor.
OVERALL CONDITIONGood
SHEET NOTESmidsheet horizontal foldline (in half)
MAP AREAno markings, no blemishes
COLLARSmoderate blemishes, pencilled inventory notation in upper right collar corner, considerable handling wear in collars, two minor edge tears stabilized with transparent archival tape on backside of sheet
MAP COVERAGE
Quadrangle extent overlaid on current basemap.
BACKSIDE LEGEND
A map summary is printed on the back side of the Boulder sheet similar to the one shown in the picture. It outlines the history, purpose, and status of the USGS mapping program at the time of the printing in 1933. It also provides instructions on how to read contour lines and a description of how they are used to depict the terrain. At the bottom of the page is a legend showing all of the symbols used to represent the cultural, relief, and water features found on the map.

This antique sheet is an 1899 edition of the Boulder Montana USGS topographic map. It is an authentic 93-year-old 1933 United States Geological Survey print in good condition.

HOW THIS MAP CAN BE USED
In addition to making a fascinating conversation piece, this sheet would look great in a frame or on display, make a unique and prized gift for anyone interested in this area, be perfect as a reference for genealogy studies or general historical research, or fill that missing piece in your collection.

FEATURES SHOWN ON THE MAP
The Boulder 30-minute map shows cities and towns, roads, railroads, rivers, creeks, elevation contour lines, public land survey lines, county, state, and other administrative boundaries as they existed at the time of the survey in 1896 and 1897.

A VALUABLE HISTORICAL RECORD
Maps from the USGS 30-minute series have been out of print for many years. They have never been common and original prints are increasingly difficult to find. For areas where the 30-minute map was produced, it is usually the first large-scale survey done by the USGS for that area. These are a valuable historical record, as they contain many placenames and features that have been dropped from more recent series’ and editions.

PLACENAMES
The following places are found within the boundary of this quadrangle. They may or may not be shown or labeled, depending on the map series and vintage.
* Cities and Towns-> Basin, Boulder, Butte-Silver Bow, Clancy, Corbin, and Jefferson City
* Counties Covered-> Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Powell, and Silver Bow
* Federal Land Units-> Deerlodge National Forest, Elkhorn Wilderness Study Area, and Helena National Forest
* Rivers and Streams-> Amazon Creek, Basin Creek, Beaver Creek, Beavertown Creek, Bigfoot Creek, Bishop Creek, Bison Creek, Boulder River, Buffalo CreekCataract Creek, and others
* Water Bodies-> B and B Fishpond, Chessman Reservoir, Cottonwood Lake, Forest Lake, Park Lake, Scott Reservoir, Taylor Reservoir, and Whitetail Reservoir

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