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List of military installations in Montana

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There are at least 60 current and former U.S. military installations located in Montana. Installations listed as historical are no longer in service and may have no physical remains in the state.

Current installations

Malmstrom AFB, Great Falls, MT, 2009

Historical installations

Fort Ellis, Bozeman, MT, 1871

These installations are classified as historical by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names: Historical Features – Features that no longer exist on the landscape or no longer serve the original purpose.[9]

Further reading

  • Frazer, Robert W. (1965). Forts of the West-Military Forts and Presidios and Posts commonly called Forts West of the Mississippi River to 1898. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press.
  • Hart, Herbert M. (1963). Old Forts of the Northwest. Seattle, Washington: Superior Publishing Company.
  • Grant, Bruce (1965), American Forts-Yesterday and Today, New York: E.P. Dutton and Co. Inc.

Notes

  1. ^ "Ekalaka Mini-Mutes Radar Site". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Fort Missoula". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. (CLOSED)
  3. ^ "Fort William Henry Harrison". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.(NATIONAL GUARD)
  4. ^ "Hammond Mini-Mutes Radar Site". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  5. ^ "Havre Air Force Station". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. (CLOSED)
  6. ^ "Haycreek Mini-Mute Radar Site". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  7. ^ "Malmstrom Air Force Base". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  8. ^ "Opheim Air Force Station". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. (CLOSED)
  9. ^ "Domestic Names - State and Topical Gazetteer Download Files". Retrieved 2010-06-30.
  10. ^ "Camp Baker Military Reservation". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  11. ^ "Camp Cooke". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  12. ^ Miller, Don C.; Cohen, Stan (1978). Military and Trading Posts of Montana. Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. p. 25. ISBN 0-933126-01-8.
  13. ^ "Camp Crook". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  14. ^ "Camp Cummings". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  15. ^ "Camp Devin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  16. ^ "Camp Lewis". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  17. ^ "Camp Loder". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  18. ^ "Camp Merritt". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  19. ^ "Camp Morris". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  20. ^ "Camp Poplar River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  21. ^ "Camp Porter". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  22. ^ "Camp Reeve". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  23. ^ "Camp Robert B Smith". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  24. ^ "Cantonment Rocky Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  25. ^ "Cut Bank Air Force Station". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  26. ^ "Cut Bank Army Air Field". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  27. ^ "Fort Assinniboine". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  28. ^ "Fort Assinniboine". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  29. ^ "Fort C F Smith". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  30. ^ "Fort Carroll". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  31. ^ "Fort Custer". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  32. ^ "Fort Elizabeth Meagher". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  33. ^ "Fort Ellis". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  34. ^ "Fort Fizzle". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  35. ^ "Fort Fizzle". Montana Official State Travel Site. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
  36. ^ "Fort Green Clay Smith". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  37. ^ "Fort Howes". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  38. ^ "Fort Howie". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  39. ^ Miller, Don C.; Cohen, Stan (1978). Military and Trading Posts of Montana. Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. p. 38. ISBN 0-933126-01-8.
  40. ^ "Fort Ida Thoroughman". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  41. ^ "Fort Keogh". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  42. ^ "Fort Logan". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  43. ^ "Fort Maginnis". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  44. ^ "Fort Maginnis". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  45. ^ "Fort Missoula". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  46. ^ "Fort Owen". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  47. ^ "Powder River Supply Depot". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  48. ^ Miller, Don C.; Cohen, Stan (1978). Military and Trading Posts of Montana. Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. p. 84. ISBN 0-933126-01-8.
  49. ^ "Fort Shaw". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  50. ^ "Fort Skalkaho". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  51. ^ "Fort Thomas F Meagher". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  52. ^ "Fort William Henry Harrison". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  53. ^ "Glasgow Air Force Base". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  54. ^ "Glasgow Army Air Field". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  55. ^ "Havre Air Force Station". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  56. ^ "Helena Barracks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  57. ^ "Lewistown Air Force Station". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  58. ^ "Lewistown Army Air Field". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  59. ^ "Limestone Military Reservation". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  60. ^ "Miles City Air Force Station". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  61. ^ "National Cemetery Military Reservation". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  62. ^ "Opheim Air Force Station". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  63. ^ "Stanleys Stockade". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  64. ^ Miller, Don C.; Cohen, Stan (1978). Military and Trading Posts of Montana. Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. p. 82. ISBN 0-933126-01-8.
  65. ^ "Yaak Air Force Station". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.