The Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers
in downtown Historical Fort Benton, Montana
(lots of history)
May 27, 2016

welcome to Fort BentonMontana map showing location of Fort Benton

sign: The Montana Memorial

plaque: he  Montana Memorial

The Montana Memorial

Below: Keelboat Mandan

sign: Before the steamboats

Keelboat Mandan

sign about Keelboat Mandan

Keelboat Mandan

Below: Mullan Wagon Road

map of the Mullan Road

sign about the Mullan Wagon Road

monument of Capt. John Mullan

Below: T.C. Power & Bro.

T.C. Power & Bro.

T.C. Power & Bro. sign

sign about drowning the Governor

bust of Thomas Francis Meacher, Governor

Below: Choteau House

Choteau House

modern Choteau House

sign about the Choteau House

Below: I.G. Baker Home: Montana's Greatest Mercantile establishment

old photo of the I.G. Baker Home

present day I.G. Baker Home

sign about the I.G. Baker Home

old photos of the I.G. Baker Home

sign about I.G. Baker Home

sign about the I.G. Baker Home

Below: The Culbertson House

old photos of The Culbertson House

sign about the The Culbertson House

present day building of the The Culbertson House

Below: Cowboys and Cattle

cowboy statue sign about open range cattle

Below: The Missouri River at Fort Benton, Montana

sign about The Missouri River The Missouri River at Fort Benton

Below: The red line on the monument in the photo below shows the high water mark

high water mark

Below The two RV Gypsies took a walk over the bridge and Lee Duquette got dizzy looking straight down at where the pylon met the water level. Yet, he took a photograph.

the bridge pylon
The Missouri River The Missouri River

Below: One picnic table right smack dab in the middle of the bridge. The end of the bridge was gated off.

picnic table right smack dab in the middle of the bridge the end of the bridge
the bridge

Below: The First Fire Engine House is now the Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center (which was strangely closed on this date).

poster of The First Fire Engine House sign about the The First Fire Engine House
Chamber of Commerce sign Chamber of Commerce

Below: A Monument for Shep

monumnent for Shep

Below: Fort Benton Levee sign and information

Fort Benton Levee sign Fort Benton Levee sign

Below: 1882 Grand Union Hotel

1882 Grand Union Hotel 1882 Grand Union Hotel
sign about the 1882 Grand Union Hotel

Below: Lots of bikers were in Fort Benton, and the two RV Gypsies admired their wheels.

great bike lots of bikes
Polaris Polaris

Below: Information about Montana's Battleships

Montana's Battleships signs Montana's Battleships information

Below: Something unique in front of a store.

Something unique in front of a store. monument ants
ants on a ferris wheel ants in Bill's band
ants on a swing

Below: A very unique house

A very unique bouse
birch tree
Menu for the two RV Gypsies Adventures in Montana
(sites 17 - 20 on the 2016 USA map)
May 22 - 31, 2016

You may visit these sites in any order you choose.
There is also a link to Alberta, Canada below.

green bullet travel photos and Billings Village RV Park - (site 17)

green bullet Billings Welcome Center

green bullet Chief Plenty Coups State Park

green bullet Trader Dave's Restaurant

green bullet Pictograph Cave State Park - two pages

green bullet Pompeys Pillar - two pages

green bullet Riverfront Park

green bullet Swords Rimrock Park - Scenic Park

green bullet Yellowstone Kelly

bar & barn divide bar

green bullet Conestoga Campground in White Sulphur Springs (site 18)

green bullet Natural Mineral Hot Springs in White Sulphur Springs

bar & barn divide bar

green bullet RV driving day and snow lingering alongside the road - (site 19)

green bullet Fort Benton, Montana- the birthplace of Montana (this page)

green bullet Veteran's Memorial Park

green bullet Upper Missouri River Breaks Interpretive National Monument

bar & barn divide bar

Below: Places in Great Falls Montana - (site #20)

green bullet Great Falls, MT: paintings, bridges, statues, Pasta Montana

green bullet The Historical Depot Building

green bullet The Montana Veteran's Memorial

green bullet Lewis and Clark National Historic Interpretive Center - 2 pages

green bullet Giant Springs State Park, springs, waterfall, long and short rivers

green bullet Rainbow, Crooked, and Black Eagle Falls plus Sacagawea Overlook

green bullet Gibson Park: statues and a Flower Garden

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