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."*

22 May 2008

From Bison to Beef: The Open Range Era

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By Ken Robison This continues the series of sketches by historians at the Joel F. Overholser Historical Research Center in Fort Benton. Duri...

Shooting the Pass: On the Mullan Road

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Shooting the Pass: On the Mullan Road in a Hudson Sport Supersix By Ken Robison This continues the series of historical sketches by historia...
02 March 2008

"Shoot 'em Up": Guns From Our Historic Past

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By Ken Robison [Published in the Fort Benton River Press 5 March 2008.] Once in a while browsing old newspapers can yield a real nugget. In ...
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24 February 2008

Gallant Lieutenant James H. Bradley: “If his books could only talk!”

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By Ken Robison This continues the series of historical sketches by historians at the Joel F. Overholser Historical Research Center in Fort B...
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Requiem for Fireside Books

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By Ken Robison On rare occasions something happening in Fort Benton's little "colony," Great Falls, will warrant an appearance...
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18 January 2008

Shooting Fort Benton: The Early Photographers

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By Ken Robison [This article was published in the Fort Benton River Press 31 May 2006, and revised and updated in April 2008. The original a...

The Classic Lobby Desk in the Grand Union Hotel

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By Ken Robison [Published in the 2 November 2007 Fort Benton River Press Grand Union Edition] In October 11, 1882 the Fort Benton River Pres...

The Jewel in Fort Benton’s Crown: The Grand Union

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By Ken Robison [Published in the 2 November 2007 Fort Benton River Press Grand Union Edition] The Grand Union Hotel is both the oldest opera...
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10 September 2007

The Legend of Tillie the Moonshiner

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By Ken Robison [Published in the Fort Benton River Press 16 May 2007] This continues the series of historical sketches by historians at the ...
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Cowboy Up! The Master Saddlers of Fort Benton

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By Ken Robison [Published in the Fort Benton River Press 31 January 2007 This continues the series of frontier sketches by historians at the...
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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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