Fort Assinniboine (1)

Fort Assinniboine (1) (1879-1911) - Established 9 May 1879 by Col. Thomas H. Ruger, 18th U.S. Infantry and named for the Assiniboine Indians. Abandoned in 1911.

Fort Assinniboine (1) History

The largest fort constructed in Montana. Fort Assiniboine was built to prevent the Sioux Chief, Sitting Bull, from returning to the U.S. from Canada and to control the local Indian population.

Fort Assiniboine had long rows of brick buildings and barracks with castle like towers at the corners surrounding a very large parade ground.

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Location: Maps & Images Lat: 48.5006 Long: -109.7930 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation:

Sources:

• Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2, page 68
• Frazer, Robert W., Forts of the West, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman OK, 1965, ISBN 0-8061-1250-6, page 79

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