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Fort C. F. Smith was a military post established in the Powder River country by the United States Army in the southern portion of the Montana Territory on August 12, 1866, during Red Cloud's War. Established by order of Col. Henry B. Carrington , it was one of five forts proposed to protect the Bozeman Trail against the Oglala Lakota ( Sioux ...
The Hayfield Fight on August 1, 1867 was an engagement of Red Cloud's War near Fort C. F. Smith, Montana, between 21 soldiers of the U.S. Army, a hay-cutting crew of nine civilians, and several hundred Native Americans, mostly Cheyenne and Arapaho, with some Lakota Sioux.
Fort Smith is a census-designated place (CDP) in Big Horn County, Montana, United States. The population was 161 at the 2010 census. [3] The town is named for the former Fort C.F. Smith. The North District of Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area is accessed at Fort Smith. The Crow name for this town is Annu'ucheepe, “Mouth of the canyon ...
A wildfire bore down on rural southeastern Montana towns Thursday as continuing hot, dry weather throughout the West drove flames through more than a dozen states. Several thousand people remained ...
Jul. 16—A prompt ground and aerial attack quickly contained a small wildfire that cropped up Monday evening northwest of Kalispell. Five engines along with a helicopter and four single-engine ...
A pre-evacuation warning was issued for residents in the Sage Creek area on Thursday, June 17, as a wildlife at the Pryor Mountains in Montana reached 5,100 acres and was at zero percent ...
A force composed primarily of Cheyenne and Arapaho gathered for an attack at Fort C. F. Smith on the Bighorn River in Montana. Another, mostly Lakota, decided to attack Fort Phil Kearny, 90 miles (140 km) southeast. [63] Crow people lived near Fort Smith and provided intelligence to the soldiers at the fort, warning of upcoming attacks. On July ...
July 10 – Camp Cooke, the first U.S. Army post built in Montana located on the Missouri River, at the mouth of the Judith River was named for General Philip St. George Cooke, the commander of the Department of the Platte at the time. [44] August 12 – Fort C. F. Smith established on the Big Horn River to protect the Bozeman Trail. [45]