Front:
Old Fort Benton, Mont. Built 1846
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"The Old Fort."
Old Missouri! Can you tell me?
As thy younger waters pass.
Silent as the Old Fort yonder,
Now a grim and crumbling mass.
Let the incen se of some battle
Hover o'er the silent tomb,
And the
Mingled with the cannon's boom.
e war-whoop shrilly sounding,
Tell me of its brave defenders,
Of its traders, trappers, braves :
Man the loop-holes with its heroes,
Rouse the warriors from their graves
Though its glory has departed,
And its crumbling walls decay,
History throws a halo around it
That shall never fade away.
-Thomas Murray Spencer
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