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Fort Benton is a city in and the county seat of Chouteau County, Montana, United States. Established in 1846, a full generation before the U.S. Civil War, Fort Benton is one of the oldest settlements in the American West; in contrast, many other places—including large cities today—were settled in the late 1860s, 1870s, or 1880s. The city's waterfront area, the most important aspect of its 19th-century growth, was designated the Fort Benton Historic District, a National Historic Landmark, in 1961.
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1. Citadel Rock
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A large rock located on the Missouri River.
2. White Cliffs
3. Museum of the Northern Great Plains
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Reviewed By robbygc - Toronto, Canada
We had fun to explore the past in Fort Benton. They covered from 1932 to 1914. They used railroads and someone wrote: "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." Depression storms were very dangerous. They called it rollers. In the farms they used Arsenic and DDT. They used They had weather stations. Very important. We saw how they dressed, what they did. What was fun! They were row cropping. They had a small village to help the tourists how they lived in the houses and what was inside. We saw all kinds of homes. We saw wooden homes. They used wagons. We entered in homes to see how they lived. There was a school and a church. We saw a bank, a prison, a city hall, alcohol and medicine. We learned a lot here. It was quite different in the past. Worthwhile to see! Sometimes I wish I could live in the past.
4. Captain John Mullan Trail Monument
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5. Rider of the Purple Sage
6. Lewis & Clark Memorial, Fort Benton
7. Historic Landmark District & Steamboat Levee Walk
8. I.G. Baker Home
9. Old Fort Park
10. Veteran's Memorial Park
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