Kootenai Post 4

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Other Names:  Fort Kootenai, Linklater Post

Dates used: 1846 - 1860

Location of Fort: Rexford, MT

Use: Trading

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This post was established in 1846 by Edward Berland for the Hudson's Bay Company.  It was located on the left bank of the Kootenai River below the mouth of Young Creek.  Another possible location was on the right bank of the Kootenai River at the mouth of the Tobacco River.

For more information see:

American Forts Network (internet)

Encyclopedia of Historic Forts

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