West — Site filing

Sites with a file in Montana

Montana carries 11 dossiers under this filing — places the record keeps even where the classification stays broad. The documented past sits on one side of each file, the reported present on the other. Claims are logged as claims; the archive does not certify the ground.

11 dossiers0 counties covered100% open to visitorsFort Benton — deepest file

Also filed under site:Hawaii44 Michigan39 Arizona39 Wyoming30 Illinois30 Oregon22 Pennsylvania20 West Virginia20

Other Montana filings:Ghost towns7 Towns6 Hotels4

Fort Benton

Fort Benton, Montana

The birthplace of Montana—where the "Bloodiest Block" stood.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Big Hole Battlefield

Wisdom, Montana

August 9, 1877—the Nez Perce camp that was attacked at dawn.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Rosebud Battlefield

Decker, Montana

June 17, 1876—the battle before the Little Bighorn.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort C.F. Smith

Fort Smith, Montana

The 1866 fort—the Bozeman Trail post that survived the Wagon Box Fight.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Ellis

Bozeman, Montana

The 1867 fort—where the Marias Massacre was ordered.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Keogh

Miles City, Montana

The 1876 fort—where the Custer dead were brought.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Missoula

Missoula, Montana

The 1877 fort—where the Italian POWs stayed in the war.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Owen

Stevensville, Montana

The 1850 fort—the first white settlement in Montana.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Assinniboine

The 1879 fort—the largest in Montana.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Lewis and Clark Caverns

Whitehall, Montana

The 1892 cave—where the limestone drips for a million years.

2 claims · 1 legend→

First Peoples Buffalo Jump

The cliff—where the buffalo fell for a thousand years.

2 claims · 1 legend→

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