Historic Tales of Fort Benton

Deep in the heart of Blackfoot country on the Upper Missouri River, trade relations opened cautiously in 1831. A series of trading posts and clashes followed. By 1846, Fort Benton had become the center of commerce with Indigenous tribes, including the Blackfoot who dubbed it "many houses to the South." Drawing settlers from eastern states, the head of steamboat navigation became known as "the world's innermost port." As a result, the fort became a multicultural melting pot and home to the "Bloodiest Block in the West." Award-winning historian Ken Robison brings to life dramatic sagas of a rapidly developing frontier, from vigilante X. Beidler to the Marias and Ophir Massacres. -- back cover.

About the author

Native Montanan Ken Robison is the historian at the Overholser Historical Research Center and for the Great Falls/Cascade County Historic Preservation Commission and is active in historic preservation throughout central Montana. He is a retired navy captain after a career in naval intelligence. The Montana Historical Society honored Ken as "Montana Heritage Keeper" in 2010.

Product details

• Authors: Ken Robison
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 01.07.2023
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9781467154871
• ISBN: 978-1-4671-5487-1
• Pages: 192
• Dimensions (packing): 15 x 22.6 x 1.5 cm
• Weight (packing): 408 g
• Series: American Legends
• Subjects: TRAVEL / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest; History - U.S.; HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY); HISTORY / Indigenous / General; HISTORY / Military / Fortifications