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OLD FORT PECK
On the west bank of the Missouri River about I mile
from the Dam was located Old Fort Peck.
The stockade, about 300 feet square with walls 12 feet
high of cottonwood logs set vertically, 3 bastions and 3 gate
ways on the front, and 2 bastions on the rear. inclosed
quarters for men, atore houses, blacksmith shop, stables and
corral. Built in 1867 by the firm of Durfee & Peck as a trading
post, the Fort was named for Col. Campbell K. Peck. Although
not an Army Post, it often served as temporary headquarters
for military men and commissioners sent out by the Govern-
ment to negotiate with the Indians.
To peaceful Indians it was an important trading, post,
to trappers and rivermen a safe shelter from warlike Indians.
Sternwheel steamers loaded and unloaded here and took on
wood for steam for their journeys.
Old Fort Peck is history. Its site lies peacefully, with
Its memories, covered by o man-made lake which is formed
by the largest earthfill dam ever built by man.
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FORT PECK HISTORICAL MARKER
This marker is one of the first stops between
Glasgow and Fort Peck just as the motorist arrives
at the Fort Peck Recreational Area. Over one
hundred historical markers have been placed
throughout Montana by the Montana Highway
Commission, describing the colorful past history
of The Big Sky State.
(Courtesy, Montana Highway Commission)
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