Fort Carroll

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Other Names:  Carroll Landing Post

Dates used: 1874 - 1882

Location of Fort: Valentine, MT

Use: Trading/Military

GPS  N: 47-34.

         W: 108-22.

Fort Carroll was built by the Diamond R Transportation Company on the south bank of the Missouri River about 25 miles upstream from the Musselshell River.  Troops from the 7th Infantry were there during the summers of 1874 and 1875. 

For more information see:

American Forts Network (internet)

Encyclopedia of Historic Forts

Guarding the Carroll Trail

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