FORT BENTON, FIRST SETTLEMENT in MONTANA

On to Ft. Benton, which was a traders fort as well as protection from the Indians. Fort Walls as removed, were later reconstructed  as the adobe bricks deteriorated. Fort Walls as removed, were later reconstructed  as the adobe bricks deteriorated. In the Fort one of the buildings had been re-purposed as an Art Museum as inspired to a woman arriving in this area from the east coast in the '90's. It was an awesome collection. An artist's portrayal of travel on the Missouri River. Early form of dress and crockery later manufactured in Red Wing MN. We met this couple while going through the tour and you can see that Gary is definitely not shy. So we had a wonderful sharing of stories of travel. They do not have an RV, but travel by auto, staying in motels. They have been out for four months and come from Delaware.  Gary with Don and Judy from Delaware. Interesting what you see!  This was in the town of Ft. Benton We then stopped at a grocery store and got a sub sandwich and water to share for lunch. Not much else in the town left to see except for the agriculture museum. This museum was a smattering of agriculture, native wildlife, antiques, farming equipment and county historical records of original homesteads.  One of the many boards showing original homestead owners, and current land owners. This was a name common to Gary and his brother's teen years. Interesting! It would have been most helpful if South Dakota would have had this kind of information up in a museum. Would have saved Gary much time in research for his mother's home. It was an original homestead in South Dakota. I had a lot of problems putting this Blog together and tried by copying it to Word and then rewriting. But that did not go easy. Many trial and errors to finally get it back together. I will definitely be more careful in the future. One more Blog to do from Montana. Though we are in Minnesota after driving for three days.