Fort Pease
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Dates used: 1875 - 1876
Location of Fort: Bighorn, MT
Use: Trading
GPS N: 46-13.791
W: 107-25.761
Established by F D Pease, the first agent to the Crow Indians, along with two partners about seven miles down stream from the mouth of the Big Horn River. The 100 foot square stockade was burned by the Sioux and Cheyenne when it was abandoned in the spring of 1876.
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