Fort Benton (Fort Benton, Mont. : Fort)
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Benton, Fort (Fort Benton, Mont. : Fort)
Clay, Fort (Fort Benton, Mont.)
Fort Clay (Fort Benton, Mont.)
Fort Lewis (Fort Benton, Mont.)
Lewis, Fort (Fort Benton, Mont.)
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found: Work cat.: NUCMC data from Montana Historical Society for J.M. Arnoux. History of Fort Benton and other early forts on the upper Missouri River, 1908(Fort Benton, Mont.)
found: Enc. of historic forts, c1988(Fort Benton, Mont.; first established in 1846 as Fort Lewis by American Fur Company; rebuilt by Alexander Culbertson in 1850 and formally renamed Fort Benton; site now occupied by town of Fort Benton in Chouteau County; first garrisoned by U.S. troops in 1869; abandoned in 1881; in 1883 military reservation turned over to Dept. of Interior; ruins of fort have been stabilized and are contained within five-acre park fronting the river on Main Street; reference source shows an earlier Fort Benton on the Yellowstone River and other Fort Lewises in the state)
found: GNIS, May 5, 2001(Fort Benton (historical); trading post in Chouteau County, Mont.; 47⁰49ʹ20ʺN; 110⁰39ʹ40ʺW; variant names: Fort Clay; Fort Lewis)
found: GNIS(military; 47°49ʹ20ʺN 110°39ʹ40ʺW)
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2001-05-09: new
2011-08-04: revised
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