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Ruins of Fort C. F. Smith

LIBI_00012_07519; An assemblage of a black-and-white photograph, "Sundried adobe brick from wall ruins of old Ft. C.F. Smith" with handwritten and typewritten inscription mounted on cardboard, of the ruins of Fort C. F. Smith, some walls, and a man holding a brick comprise this item. The description states, "Fort C.F. Smith was established in August 1866. Located on east side or south of the Big Horn River about 37 miles south of Hardin, Montana. The soldiers made sundried bricks, and of these the walls of the fort were built. The walls were made about three thick at the base. The fort was for guarding the Bozeman Trail. This pioneer route of travel passed along the west side of the walls. Fort permanently vacated in September, 1868 after two years of constant warfare against it by Northern Cheyenne Indians, aided by Oglala Sioux Indians, this brick taken from the ruins on September 12 , 1933, sixty five years after the soldiers had left there." Signed by Thomas B. Marquis.; print, photographic [mount

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Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00012_07519, Thomas B Marquis, "Ruins of Fort C. F. Smith," September 12, 1933

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Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Code: LIBI

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Big Horn County, Montana
Latitude: 45.5651016235352, Longitude: -107.429000854492

NPS Museum Accession Number : LIBI-00012
NPS Museum Number Catalog : LIBI_07519

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Historic Photo Collection

Title: Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Historic Photo Collection
URL: https://www.nps.gov/libi

Sept. 12, 1876

09/12/1876

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Thomas B. Marquis Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

Organization: Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Position: Research Requests
Address: PO Box 39, Crow Agency, MT, USA, 59033, (406) 638-2621
Email: libi_librarian@nps.gov

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Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument