Category:Fort Ellis: Difference between revisions

From FortWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
mNo edit summary
John Stanton (talk | contribs)
Removing all content from page
 
(One intermediate revision by one other user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
[[Category:All]]
[[Category:Montana Forts]]
[[Category:Undeveloped]]
[[Category:Private Property]]
[[Category:Bozeman Trail|Bozeman Trail]]


[[Image:Fort Ellis nps.jpg|500px|thumb|left|Fort Ellis, Montana, NPS]]
<!--[[Image:Image2.jpg|thumb|435px|right|<<Image 2 Caption>>]]-->
{{Clr}}
'''Fort Ellis (1867-1886)''' - Fort Ellis was established 27 Aug 1867 by Captain R. S. LaMotte and two companies of the [[2nd U.S. Cavalry]] and was named for Colonel [[Augustus Van Horne Ellis]] who was killed 2 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg. The fort protected settlers in the Gallatin valley from hostile Indians.
==Fort Ellis History==
The fort was
Lieutenant Gustavus C. Doane, [[2nd U.S. Cavalry]], became well known for his exploration of Yellowstone National Park while stationed at Fort Ellis. Doane also explored the Snake River during his career and accompanied the Howgate Arctic expedition in Greenland in 1880.
The fort was decommissioned in 1886.
==Current Status==
Very few remains are left at the actual site, now occupied by the Fort Ellis Experimental Station of Montana State University.
{{Clr}}
----
{|
|
<googlemap lat="45.66869" lon="-110.97348" zoom="16" width="500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large" icons="http://www.fortwiki.com/mapicons/icon{label}.png">
(F) 45.66923, -110.975475 Fort Ellis<br>(1867-1886)
</googlemap>
|valign="top"|
'''Location:'''
Located about 3.5 miles east of Bozeman, Montana on the access road for I90. The map indicates the location of a historical Marker for the Fort.
{{Mapit-US-cityscale|45.66923|-110.975475}}
* Elevation:
|}
'''Links:'''
'''Sources:'''
# Hart, Herbert M., ''[[Tour Guide to Old Western Forts]]'', Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN: 0-87108-568-2
'''Visited:''' No
==Picture Gallery==
{{PictureHead}}
<gallery>
</gallery>
__NOTOC__
__NOEDITSECTION__

Latest revision as of 20:31, 8 June 2007

Pages in category "Fort Ellis"

This category contains only the following page.