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Fort Maginnis
Fergus County, 25.1 miles (40.4 km) northeast of Lewistown, Montana on Ford Creek.
Coordinates47°11′7.9584″N 109°8′18.7938″W / 47.185544000°N 109.138553833°W / 47.185544000; -109.138553833
Site information
Controlled byState of Montana
Site history
Built1880
In use1880-1890
Battles/warsIndian Wars
Garrison information
Past
commanders
  • Captain Daingerfield Parker, 3rd Infantry
Garrison
  • Third Infantry
  • First Cavalry

Fort Maginnis was established during the Indian wars in the Department of Dakota by the U.S. Army. It was the last of five forts: Keogh (1876), Custer (1877), Missoula (1877), Assinniboine (1879), and Maginnis (1880) - built following the defeat of Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer by Native Americans at the Battle of Little Bighorn in June, 1876.[1]

  1. ^ Frazer, Robert W. (1965). Forts of the West. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 83.

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