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jasperdo Says: The Mullan Wagon Road is completely forgotten today, but it was the Route 66 of it's day. For a period of about 10 years, it was the most important road in the American West. It went from Fort Benton, Montana to Walla Walla, Washington. Which to us today, sounds like a...
jasperdo Says: This pretty little courthouse building was constructed in 1884. It is the second oldest courthouse in Montana.
jasperdo Says: This replica keelboat was built for the 1952 Kirk Douglas movie, The Big Sky. Keelboats were the mainstay of frontier waterways until steamboats took over. Travelling upriver with a keelboat was a difficult experience. The usual method was to use long poles that reached the...
jasperdo Says: Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery past through Fort Benton in the summer of 1805. They had spent the previous winter in the Mandan Indian Village in what is now North Dakota.They had just passed through the scenic Missouri Breaks section of the Missouri River. Just...
jasperdo Says: Shep's story is one of the most touching tales of a dog's faithfulness to his master. In 1936, a local sheepherder died. His casket was loaded onto a train heading East for burial. Watching the train leave was the sheepherders dog, Shep. Every day for the next 6 years, Shep...
jasperdo Says: Opened in 1888, it was designed to swing open to allow steamboats to pass through. Unfortunately, they never did, and the structure was heavily damaged 1908. It was rebuilt as the fixed structure that still crosses the Missouri River today. Nowadays, it is a pedestrian only...
jasperdo Says: The largest and most historic building in Fort Benton, the Grand Union hotel was built in 1882. Unfortunately for it's owners, the following year the Northern Pacific Railroad was completed, which greatly diminished Fort Benton's importance as a steamship terminus. The hotel...
Windseekr Says: The NRA rodeo is an annual event scheduled for the Chouteau County Fair in late August.
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Windseekr Says: View of the Missouri river, looking downstream toward the Atlantic ocean.
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Windseekr Says: The town of Fort Benton, the county seat for Chouteau County, obscured from this viewpoint on the plateau situated above the Missouri River. A building from the fair grounds is barely recognizable in this photo, located on the west end of town.
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A very special dog recognized...
Windseekr Says: A very special dog recognized by his community.
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Windseekr Says: Same bridge today. Early morning view of the bridge, up stream on the Missouri River.
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Lewis and Clark sculpture located on the banks of the Missouri river in Fort Benton, Montana. I had a nice weekend driving around Montana. Over the past couple years, I have been trying to absorb as...
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The oldest town in Montana, Fort Benton is an interesting place to stop if you're in Central Montana. There are a number of historic buildings, museums, and a nice park along the Missouri...
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