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Fort Shaw’s Early Years and Legacy Revealed in Cornerstone Sketch
A historic account recalls Fort Shaw established 1867 near Sun River to guard Helena to Fort Benton routes. It details construction, later Indian school closure, notable regiments, a buffalo hunt, and the fort’s basketball champions 1902. The article notes the neglected Fort Shaw National Cemetery and key burials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Shaw
Helena
Fort Benton
Montana
13Th United States Infantry
Willam Inpme Bean Ir
Camp Reynolds
Sun River
Missouri
13Th Infantry
Missouri River
Clinton
Camp Crook
Judith River
Robert G. Shaw
54Th Massachusetts Volunteers
Fort Wagner
Ranhe
Paseen
General Reeve
Browning
Gros Ventres
Fort Belknap
Fort Peck
Poplar
F. George Heldt
Great Falls
Quartermaster’s Department
Thirteenth Infantry
de Trobriand
Colonel Baker
Kipp
Gibbon
Brooke
Fortee
Lewis and Clark County
Virginia City
Potts
Beacom
Fort William Henry Harrison
Fort Missoula
Gibbons
General Gibbon
Sam Hauser
Mr. Mansfield
Witers Great Falls
Elmer Ellsworth
Charles T. Feather
Great Falls Evening Leader
Great Falls Tribune
Butte High School
Butte
Butte Parochials
State University
Helena High School
State Agricultural College
Jefferson County High School
Boulder
Bozeman
Butte Independents
Fort Shaw National Cemetery
Daniel H. Lee
13Th
United States Infantry
Sun River Crossing
John Hanson
William Collins
Christopher Nelson
Dalager
Daniel Smart