The Coming of the Soldier to Montana Territory and Forts Built
The article recounts how soldiers opened routes and built frontier forts to protect westward expansion. It describes the military posts along the Missouri and plains, detailing layout of officers quarters, barracks, guardhouses, and support buildings at early Montana frontier sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Territory
Montana
Missouri
George A. Forsyth
Frontier
Uder
Rerong
Montanhol
Missoula
Glendive
Havre
Lodge Grass
Fort Union
Camas Prairie
John M. Bozeman
John M. Jacobs
Bannack
Wyoming
Bozeman Trail
C. F. Smith
Big Horn County
Camp Cook
Missouri River
Judith River
13Th Infantry
Clinton
Camp Cooke
Camp Cooke National Cemetery
Fort Shaw
Riet Butera
Yellowstone
Buford
Yellowstone River
Campbell & Subiette
Onel Rankin
Rankin
Sun River
Fort Benton
Missouri Valley
William Clinton
18Th Infantry
Great Falls
Helena
Fort Heaton
Camp Reynolds
Robert G. Shaw
54Th Massachusetts Volunteers
Sun River Valley
Old Mort Shaw
Northwest
Gibbon
Seventh Infantry
Third Infantry
John R. Brooke
25Th Infantry
van Horne
Ort Elie
Gallatin Valley
Terry
Department of Dakotah
Fort
Wiis
Gallatin River
Lamont
Mort Ellis
Bozeman
Clark's Pass
War Department
Hozelman
Fort Ellis
Musselshell
Baker
Blackfeet
Malcolm Clarke
Fort Lis
Galastin
Gallatin County
Ellie
Forsyth
Fort Parker
Gallatin
L. M. Black
Parker
Yellowston
Thomas
Francis Meagher
McAdow Canyon
Yellowstone Canyon
Meagher
Ida Thoroughman
Tablet of Native Copper Marked Fort Ellis Site by D A R
The Mount Hyalite Chapter D A R unveiled a native Montana copper tablet at Old Fort Ellis near Bozeman on August 27. The ceremony drew 500+ attendees and honored the fort, its founders, and the soldiers who served in Montana's early frontier era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Ellis
Montana
Bozeman
Mount Hyalite
Daughters of the American Revolution
M. P. Davidson
C.A. Rasmussen
Helena
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Gallatin Valley
2. Broox Martin
Srietin County
Robert McKée
Oliver Whitcomb
D. A. R. Memors
Andrew Johnson
U. S. Grant
Sam Clark
Lewis and Clark
Sacajawea
Pryor
Shields
Shannon
Bratton
Hall
Windsor
Libson
Labiche
Charbonneau
C. Doane
Fort Mira
Dean J. M. Hamilton
State College
Big Horn Mountains
Yellowstone River
Clark's Pass
Black Hills
Forts Reno
Phil Kearney
Fort Laramie
Wyoming
Fort
Fort Kearney
Nebraska
Piney Creek
Red Cloud
Laramie
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Dan BE
Conway
Dan R. Conway
Thomas Jefferson
Great Columbia River
Meriwether Lewis
William Clark
Rocky Mountain
Omaha
Fort Leavenworth
Little Big Horn
N. C. Kinney
Fort Phil Kearney
C.F. Smith
Big Horn River
Wyoming Boundary Line
John Bozeman
Panny
John J. Perahing
Fort, Assinniboine