Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Fort Benton came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Fort Benton in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Fort Benton. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Fort Benton data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Fort Benton:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

North American Railroad Atlas - Mountain Plains
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2000
(Available from Amazon.com)

Hixson Map of Montana (1950)
Published by Hixson Map Company

Rand McNally Map of Montana (1925)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Rand McNally Map of Montana (1937)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Map of Montana (1951)
Published by Shell Oil Company

We found Fort Benton in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Fort Benton for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Fort Benton. See our Misc Page for Fort Benton for more information.