List of military installations in Montana
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There are at least 60 current and former U.S. military installations located in Montana. Installations listed as historical are no longer in service and may have no physical remains in the state.
Current installations
- Ekalaka Mini-Mutes Radar Site, Carter County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,205 feet (977 m)[1]
- Fort Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,150 feet (960 m)[2]
- Fort William Henry Harrison, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 4,127 feet (1,258 m)[3]
- Hammond Mini-Mutes Radar Site, Carter County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,717 feet (1,133 m)[4]
- Havre Air Force Station, Hill County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,127 feet (953 m)[5]
- Haycreek Mini-Mute Radar Site, Carter County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,898 feet (1,188 m)[6]
- Malmstrom Air Force Base, Cascade County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,465 feet (1,056 m)[7]
- Opheim Air Force Station, Valley County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,294 feet (1,004 m)[8]
Historical installations
File:Fort Ellis nps.jpg
Fort Ellis, Bozeman, MT, 1871
These installations are classified as historical by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names: Historical Features – Features that no longer exist on the landscape or no longer serve the original purpose.[9]
- Camp Baker Military Reservation, Meagher County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 4,636 feet (1,413 m)[10]
- Camp Cooke, Fergus County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 2,431 feet (741 m)[11]
- The first U.S. Army post built in Montana on the Judith River. Established August 1866. Disbanded June 1870. Named for General Philip St. George Cooke, the commander of the Department of the Platte at the time.[12]
- Camp Crook, Rosebud County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,402 feet (1,037 m)[13]
- Camp Cummings, Madison County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 5,771 feet (1,759 m)[14]
- Camp Devin, Carter County, Montana, location unknown[15]
- Camp Lewis, Fergus County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,927 feet (1,197 m)[16]
- Camp Loder, Garfield County, Montana, location unknown[17]
- Camp Merritt, Rosebud County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,402 feet (1,037 m)[18]
- Camp Morris, Liberty County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,944 feet (1,202 m)[19]
- Camp Poplar River, Roosevelt County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 1,991 feet (607 m)[20]
- Camp Porter, Dawson County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 2,037 feet (621 m)[21]
- Camp Rimini, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. About 20 miles west of Helena.
- Camp Reeve, Petroleum County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 2,247 feet (685 m)[22]
- Camp Robert B Smith, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 5,279 feet (1,609 m)[23]
- Cantonment Rocky Point (historical), Fergus County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 2,274 feet (693 m)[24]
- Cut Bank Air Force Station (historical), Glacier County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 4,167 feet (1,270 m)[25]
- Cut Bank Army Air Field (historical), Glacier County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,852 feet (1,174 m)[26]
- Fort Assinniboine (historical), Hill County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 2,671 feet (814 m)[27]
- Fort Assinniboine Military Reservation (historical), Hill County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 2,671 feet (814 m)[28]
- Fort C F Smith (historical), Big Horn County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,268 feet (996 m)[29]
- Fort Carroll (historical), Fergus County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 2,274 feet (693 m)[30]
- Fort Custer Military Reservation (historical), Big Horn County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,038 feet (926 m)[31]
- Fort Elizabeth Meagher (historical), Gallatin County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 5,249 feet (1,600 m)[32]
- Fort Ellis (historical), Gallatin County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 4,987 feet (1,520 m)[33]
- Fort Fizzle (historical), Missoula County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,383 feet (1,031 m)[34]
- Fort Fizzle is a wooden barricade on the Lolo Trail erected by Missoula volunteers to stop the advance of Chief Joseph during the Nez Perce War in 1877. The barricade failed when the Nez Perce climbed a steep ravine behind the ridge and bypassed the soldiers. The failure to stop the Nez Perce caused the barricade to be named Fort Fizzle.[35]
- Fort Green Clay Smith (historical), Park County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 4,383 feet (1,336 m)[36]
- Fort Howes (historical), Powder River County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,297 feet (1,005 m)[37]
- Fort Howie (historical), Meagher County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 4,931 feet (1,503 m)[38]
- Established in 1867 near Martinsdale, Montana on the Musselshell River. Disbanded in 1867. Named for Colonel Neil Howie of the Montana Militia.[39]
- Fort Ida Thoroughman (historical), Park County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 4,383 feet (1,336 m)[40]
- Fort Keogh (historical), Custer County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 2,372 feet (723 m)[41]
- Fort Logan (historical), Meagher County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 4,636 feet (1,413 m)[42]
- Fort Maginnis (historical), Fergus County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 4,160 feet (1,270 m)[43]
- Fort Maginnis Military Reservation (historical), Fergus County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 4,236 feet (1,291 m)[44]
- Fort Missoula (historical), Missoula County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,153 feet (961 m)[45]
- Fort Owen (historical), Ravalli County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,294 feet (1,004 m)[46]
- Powder River Supply Depot (historical), Prairie County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 2,192 feet (668 m)[47]
- A U.S. Army steamboat landing at the mouth of Powder River established in 1876. Abandoned in 1882 when the Northern Pacific Railway reached the Powder River.[48]
- Fort Shaw (historical), Cascade County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,507 feet (1,069 m)[49]
- Fort Skalkaho (historical), Ravalli County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,599 feet (1,097 m)[50]
- Fort Thomas F Meagher (historical), Park County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 4,442 feet (1,354 m)[51]
- Fort William Henry Harrison (historical), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,963 feet (1,208 m)[52]
- Glasgow Air Force Base (historical), Valley County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 2,749 feet (838 m)[53]
- Glasgow Army Air Field (historical), Valley County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 2,297 feet (700 m)[54]
- Havre Air Force Station (historical), Hill County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,202 feet (976 m)[55]
- Helena Barracks (historical), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,868 feet (1,179 m)[56]
- Lewistown Air Force Station (historical), Fergus County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 6,424 feet (1,958 m)[57]
- Lewistown Army Air Field (historical), Fergus County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 4,167 feet (1,270 m)[58]
- Limestone Military Reservation (historical), Big Horn County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,379 feet (1,030 m)[59]
- Miles City Air Force Station (historical), Custer County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 2,831 feet (863 m)[60]
- National Cemetery Military Reservation (historical), Big Horn County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,156 feet (962 m)[61]
- Opheim Air Force Station (historical), Valley County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 3,294 feet (1,004 m)[62]
- Stanley's Stockade (historical), Dawson County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 2,133 feet (650 m)[63]
- An U.S. Army advance supply depot near Glendive, Montana on the Yellowstone River established in July 1873. Used by General Alfred Terry as his headquarters during the 1876 Sioux campaign.[64]
- Yaak Air Force Station (historical), Lincoln County, Montana, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., el. 4,970 feet (1,510 m)[65]
Further reading
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