Fort Belknap (1)

Fort Belknap (1) (1871-1886) - Established for Durfee & Peck of the Northwest Company as a fur trading post in 1871. Named after William W. Belknap, U.S. Secretary of War (1869 – 1876). Discontinued in 1886. Current Status Unknown Location: Southwest of Chinook, Blaine County, Montana, off of Hwy 529 on the south bank of the Milk River. Maps & Images Lat: 48.58056 Long: -109.2625 Street map from Google Maps or Yahoo! Maps Topographic map from ACME Satellite image from Google Maps or Microsoft Virtual Earth Wiki Mapping from WikiMapia Mapping from Bing Mapping from Bing Birdseye Elevation: 2420' Sources: Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2, page 68 Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 467 Links: North American Forts - Fort Belknap Visited: No