Reed's Fort
And Post Office
Other Names:
Dates used: 1874 - ??
Location of Fort: Lewistown, MT
Use: Trading
Reed's Post Office (on original site)
GPS N: 47-03.506
W: 109-25.455
Reed's Fort (on re-located site)
GPS N: 47-05.234
W: 109-27.415
Named for Alfonzo S Reed who, with a partner named Bowles, purchased the Story and Holffman trading post in 1874 at Lewistown. The post consisted of two log cabins and were enclosed in a stockade about 100 by 150 feet. On the south end toward the river was a big gate and on the north side was a corral. One of the buildings was moved about 1 1/2 miles down Spring Creek and re-established as a very active trade center during the latter part of the 1870s.
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Encyclopedia of Historic Forts
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