We had a long haul from Medora, ND to Fort Benton, MT. Fort Benton is considered to be the "birthplace" of Montana. It was founded in 1846 by the American Fur Company at the head of navigation on the Missouri River. It was the premier Blackfoot trading post in the Northwest. Steam stern wheelers would travel to Fort Benton to bring new settlers into the area, plus take furs back down stream. Lewis and Clark put their canoes into the Missouri River at the Fort Benton site on their return trip from discovering the Pacific Northwest route. It is a very beautiful historic town with only about 1,500 people living there today.
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