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| [[Category:Bozeman Trail|Bozeman Trail]]
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| [[Image:Fort Ellis nps.jpg|500px|thumb|left|Fort Ellis, Montana, NPS]]
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| '''Fort Ellis (1867-1886)''' - Fort Ellis was established 27 Aug 1867 by Captain R. S. LaMotte and three companies of the [[13th U.S. Infantry]] and was named for Colonel [[Augustus Van Horne Ellis]] who was killed 2 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg.¹ The fort protected settlers in the Gallatin valley from hostile Indians.
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| ==Fort Ellis History==
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| The fort was located just south of the Gallatin River and about 3.5 miles from present day Bozeman, Montana. Lieutenant Gustavus C. Doane, [[2nd U.S. Cavalry]], was stationed at Fort Ellis when he explored the now Yellowstone National Park.
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| The fort was decommissioned in 1886.
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| ==Current Status==
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| Very few remains are left at the actual site, now occupied by the Fort Ellis Experimental Station of Montana State University.
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| <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">
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| (F) 45.66923, -110.975475 Fort Ellis<br>(1867-1886)
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| '''Location:'''
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| 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.
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| * Elevation:
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| '''Links:'''
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| '''Sources:'''
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| # Field, Ron, ''[[Forts of the American Frontier 1820-91|Forts of the American Frontier 1820-91: Central and Northern Plains]]'', Osprey Publishing, Elms Court, Chapel Way, Botley, Oxford OX2 9LP, United Kingdom, 2005, ISBN: 1 84176 775 1
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| # Hart, Herbert M., ''[[Tour Guide to Old Western Forts]]'', Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN: 0-87108-568-2
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| '''Visited:''' No
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| ==Picture Gallery==
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