Old Forts of the Southwest

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Fur trading brought the first forts to Montana and the banks of the Missouri and Yellowstone are dotted with so many that keeping them straight is an almost impossible task. Names and sites changed so frequently and were recorded by such a variety of travelers traders and writers that this section must be views as a calculated guess in many cases. Cattlemen provided Wyoming with a war that was a little different from that of the other Western states and the camps of the Johnson County war are included in this listing, in addition to those of the military, traders and settlers throughout the nineteenth century. The Missouri river has left its mark on sites of the river forts of South Dakota, the Ohio reservoir having inundated many of those of central and northern South Dakota, the Fort Randall reservoir doing likewise for those in the southern part of the state. Once the life blood of the river trade and the trading and military forts on its banks, the Missouri River has become the executioner of many North Dakota sites because of reclamation projects. For this reason it is easy to give directions to the approximate sites; the exact sites no longer matter because they are under many feet of reservoir water.

Tour Guide to Old Forts of Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota

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Old Forts of the Southwest

Tour Guide to Old Forts of Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota