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| 102404 Beaver Creek Park south of Havre, Montana | |
| Ten miles south of Havre is Beaver Creek Park, the largest county park in the U.S. The park has fishing, camping, hiking, picnicking, and cross-country skiing. Bear Paw Ski Bowl is just outside the park. | |
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| 102404 Fort Assinniboine - Located six miles south west of Havre on Highway 87. | |
| Fort Assinniboine was one of the largest frontier Military Posts ever constructed in the United States. | |
| Established in 1879, the post had 104 buildings and was contained within a 40 mile long by 15 mile wide military reservation. | |
| Considered the most strategic post in the Northwest, the primary mission of the Fort's garrison was to prevent attacks from some | |
| 5,000 Lakota Sioux led by Sitting Bull and other chiefs who had fled to the safety of Canada after the Battle of the Little Big Horn. | |
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| 102404 Fort Assinniboine - Click on the photo above to read the history. | |
| The most famous soldier to serve at the Fort was General John J. Pershing, who was assigned to the post in 1896. | |
| As a First Lieutenant, he commanded H Troop, the Black "Buffalo Soldiers" of the 10th Cavalry. | |
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| 102404 Fort Assinniboine barracks. | |
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