The 150th Anniversary of Fort Browning

One of the most notable events that took place on the Hi-Line during 2015 was the 100th anniversary of the Phillips County Fair, Montana's longest running fair. A far less publicized anniversary, but something that deserves recognition, is the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Fort Browning two miles southwest of the Dodson fairgrounds.

In 1868 the U.S. Government built a trading post/agency for the Gros Ventre (A'aninin). The buffalo were numerous in this area at the time. The site chosen was the south side of the Milk River at the original mouth of People's Creek. Constructed from gr...