Fort Assiniboine
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Fort Assinniboine, a fort in the U.S. state of Montana, was built in the aftermath of the disastrous defeat of U.S. Army forces led by General Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn on June 25, 1876. The fort is located in Hill County just outside of Havre (the county seat). Fort Assinniboine was established primarily to ward off possible attacks by the Sioux, led by Chief Sitting Bull, from the Cypress Hills and by the Nez Perce, some of whom were also in Canada following the defeat and capture of Chief Joseph by the U.S. Army in the Bear Paw Mountains in 1877. However, no such attack or raid ever occurred. The fort was located on a massive reserve, part of which was ceded to create the Rocky Boys Indian Reservation in 1916 (home of the Chippewa Cree tribe). Another portion of the reserve was ceded to Hill County to create the Bear Paw County Park, the largest county park in the United States. The original buildings of the Fort became an agricultural extension station associated with Montana State University.
External links
- Fort Assinniboine (http://ag.montana.edu/narc/fort.htm)
There is also a Fort Assiniboine in Alberta Canada. Historic Hudson Bay Company trading post. Northwest of Edmonton, situated on the Athabasca River and Hiway #33. Stopping point along the Klondike Trail.