The Baker House
Through the 1870’s and 1880’s, the I.G. Baker Company was Montana’s largest mercantile enterprise. When the company began, in 1865-1866, Baker and his brother had only a log store along the levee. When Baker’s wife joined him in Fort Benton in 1867, and he constructed this home, a two room adobe with a sod roof. It was here that Montana Territory’s acting governor Thomas F. Meagher ate his last meal before his mysterious drowning in 1867.
1513 Washington St, Fort Benton, MT 59442
Distance: 0.11 mi (straight line)
Fort Benton Engine House, Front Street, Fort Benton, MT, USA
Distance: 0.13 mi (straight line)
Lewis and Clark Memorial, Front Street, Fort Benton, MT, USA
Distance: 0.16 mi (straight line)
Old Fort Benton Bridge, 15th Street, Fort Benton, MT, USA
Distance: 0.17 mi (straight line)
Old Fort Benton, River Street, Fort Benton, Montana 59442, USA
Distance: 0.23 mi (straight line)
Museums and Interpretive Centers Forts
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Museum of the Northern Great Plains, 20th Street, Fort Benton, MT, USA
Distance: 0.37 mi (straight line)
Museums and Interpretive Centers
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1205 20th Street, Fort Benton, Montana, USA
Distance: 0.37 mi (straight line)
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Upper Missouri River Guides, Main Street, Fort Benton, MT, USA
Distance: 0.48 mi (straight line)
Missouri Breaks Interpretive Center, 7th Street, Fort Benton, MT, USA
Distance: 0.67 mi (straight line)
Missouri Breaks Interpretive Center, 7th Street, Fort Benton, MT, USA
Distance: 0.67 mi (straight line)
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Missouri River Outfitters, State Highway 387, Fort Benton, MT, USA
Distance: 1.03 mi (straight line)
38870 US-87, Fort Benton, MT 59442, USA
Distance: 1.95 mi (straight line)
Decision Point, Loma Ferry Road, Loma, MT, USA
Distance: 10.71 mi (straight line)
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Virgelle Mercantile, Virgelle Ferry Road North, Loma, MT, USA
Distance: 23.64 mi (straight line)
Lower Portage Staging Area, Salem, MT, USA
Distance: 23.93 mi (straight line)
30 Morony Loop, Highwood, MT 59450, USA
Distance: 24.67 mi (straight line)
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Sulphur Springs Trailhead, Great Falls, MT, USA
Distance: 24.67 mi (straight line)
160 Ryan Dam Rd, Great Falls, MT 59404, USA
Distance: 27.24 mi (straight line)
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