FORT BENTON MONTANA FORT BENTON IN RUIN PHOTO 1915

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FORT BENTON,MONTANA SETTLEMENTS WERE ESTABLISHED IN THIS AREA BY THE FUR TRADERS AS EARLY AS 1830s. IN 1847 A SETTLEMENT ON THE BANKS OF THE MISSOURI WAS FOUNDED, CALLED FORT CLAY AND IN 1850 WAS RENAMED "FORT BENTON". THE FORT WAS BENIFICAL TO THE EXPANSION TO THE WEST WITH STEAM SHIPS AND BOATS OF ALL KINDS TRANSPORTING PIONEERS,GOLD SEEKERS, MERCHANTS AND GOODS UP AND DOWN THE MISSOURI. THE FORT AND TOWN BOOMED WITH BUSINESS UNTELL THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD ARRIVED IN THE LATE 1800s AND TOOK OVER MUCH OF THE FREIGHT MOVING THAT THE BOATS AND STEAMSHIPS HAD BEEN DOING. THE LAST STEAMBOAT DOCKED AT FORT BENTON IN 1890. DUE TO LACK OF BUSINESS THE FORT WAS ABANDONED IN 1881 AND BECAUSE THE FORT WAS BUILT OF ADOBE BRICKS IT SOON WENT INTO RAPID DECAY. THIS PHOTO TAKEN AROUND 1915 SHOW ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF THE FAMOUS FORT. THE FORT IS A NATIONAL LAND MARK AND HAS BEEN PARTIALLY RECONSTRUCTED OVER THE ORIGIONAL SITE A MUSEUM HAS BEEN ADDED MAKING THIS A VERY HISTORICAL SITE TO VISIT. ALONG WITH YOUR PHOTO YOU WILL ALSO RECIEVE A 12OO D.P.I. DIGITAL PRINT OF FORT BENTON 1876 ENGRAVING. This is a Reproduced Photo. Photos were acquired from private collections, from archives that are in the public domain and from real photo post cards that are one of a kind. These are real photos developed from the original negative in a professional read more

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