Historical Fort Benton

The history of Fort Benton, head of navigation on the Upper Missouri, spans every era of Montana history! All photos and writing are copyright Ken Robison. "I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library." Jorge Luis Borges. John Muir on Glacier Park: "Give a month at least to this precious reserve. The time will not be taken from your life. Instead of shortening, it will indefinitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal."*

18 September 2005

Along the Whoop-Up Trail: Fort Benton and Western Canada's Shared Past

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By Ken Robison, Historian Overholser Historical Research Center [Published in the Fort Benton River Press 31 Aug 2005] While problems with C...

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06 August 2005

Mrs. Thomas Francis Meagher's Sad Departure From Fort Benton in Sept 1867

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Mrs. Thomas Francis Meagher’s Sad Departure from Fort Benton In 1867: What a Way to Treat a Lady! By Ken Robison [Published in Fort Benton R...

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31 July 2005

On Being a Black American in Territorial Fort Benton—Part 2

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By Ken Robison Black pioneers came West for many of the same reasons as whites, seeking, adventure and social and economic opportunities. By...

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On Being a Black American in Territorial Fort Benton—Part 1

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By Ken Robison This continues a series of frontier sketches by historians at the Joel F. Overholser Historical Research Center at the Schwin...

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Fort Benton Historian: Historian at the Overholser Historical Research Center in Fort Benton, River and Plains Society Board of Directors, Great Falls/ Cascade County Historic Preservation Advisory Commission, Honorary Trustee Union Bethel A. M. E. Church, Board of Directors Alma Smith Jacobs Foundation, Organization of American Historians, Montana Historical Society, Captain United States Navy (ret.) Received Montana Historical Society's Montana Heritage Keeper Award 2010 and The History Museum's Legacy Award 2011 Contact at: riverplains@mtintouch.net Check out: http://mhs.mt.gov/research/ AfricanAmerican/African AmericanInMT.asp

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