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."*

19 October 2009

Life in Frontier Fort Benton by Martha Edgerton Rolfe

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A Woman’s Perspective of Life on the Frontier: The Fort Benton Years of Martha Edgerton Rolfe--Part II By Ken Robison [Published in the Fort...
19 September 2009

“Old Waxy”: J. D. Weatherwax From the Belly to the Judith

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By Ken Robison Presented by Bob Doerk at the International Fur Trade Symposium at Fort Whoop-Up 12 September 2009. Fort Benton has been home...
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29 July 2009

Curley Ereaux & Medicine Pipe

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Young Curley Ereaux [from In the Land of Chinook] By Ken Robison This continues the series of historical sketches by historians at the Joel ...
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24 July 2009

New book shares many pictures from Fort Benton's history

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From the 22 July 2009 Fort Benton River Press: You can take a journey through the history of Fort Benton in the pages of the new book by loc...
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18 July 2009

Montana's Real Birthplace

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The Real “Birthplace of Montana” By Ken Robison Ben Myer, a teacher from Ronan, recently asked the Overholser Historical Research Center an ...
06 July 2009

Vinegar Jones Cabin Christmas Ornament

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The Official Christmas Ornament for 2009 for the city of Great Falls has been selected. In honor of the 125th anniversary of the founding of...
01 July 2009

Fort Benton honors Irish hero at festival

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From The Irish Emigrant Online: http://www.irishemigrant.com/ie/go.asp?p=story&storyID=4612 FORT BENTON, Mont. – Fort Benton’s Summer C...
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29 June 2009

Summer Celebration with an Irish Flare

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The Thomas Francis Meagher Memorial on the Historic Steamboat Levee Commemorates His Death at Fort Benton on the Evening of 1 July, 1867. Fr...
26 June 2009

In Honor of Thomas Francis Meagher

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In 2008 Fort Benton's Summer Celebration was named "Montana's Event of the Year." With a theme of "Summer Celebration...
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22 June 2009

My New Book -- Fort Benton

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On July 13, 2009, my new book, FORT BENTON will be released by Arcadia Publishing. FORT BENTON tells the story of Fort Benton on the Upper M...
21 June 2009

The Fort Benton Legend of General Thomas Francis Meagher

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

Obituary: General Thomas Francis Meagher

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[Thomas Francis Meagher drowned in the Missouri River at Fort Benton July 1, 1867, 142 years ago. Just as Fort Benton will finally have a co...
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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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