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The name Fort Peck is associated with Col. Campbell K. Peck, the partner of Elias H. Durfee in the Leavenworth, Kansas trading firm of Durfee and Peck. In 1867, company employee Abe Farwell constructed the Fort Peck trading post along the Missouri River, which enjoyed a virtual monopoly in trade with the Sioux and Assiniboine people.
Fort Peck Lake, or Lake Fort Peck, is a major reservoir in Montana, formed by the Fort Peck Dam on the Missouri River. The lake lies in the eastern prairie region of Montana approximately 140 miles (230 km) east of Great Falls and 120 miles (190 km) north of Billings , reaching into portions of six counties.
The Fort Peck Original Houses Historic District, is an 11 acres (4.5 ha) historic district consisting of 12 one-story cottages along E. Kansas Avenue in Fort Peck, Montana. Some or all was built in 1934, and they served as housing for the administrative personnel from the Army Corps of Engineers during the Fort Peck Dam project.
The Fort Peck Dam is also featured in Ivan Doig’s novel, The Bartender’s Tale. Fifty Cents an Hour: The Builders and Boomtowns of the Fort Peck Dam, by Montana author Lois Lonnquist, published in 2006, is an overall history of the Fort Peck dam and spillway construction. Built by the Army Corps of Engineers, PWA Project #30 provided ...
Fort Peck: 7: Garage and Fire Station: Garage and Fire Station: August 13, 1986 : Gasconade St. Fort Peck: 8: Glasgow Army Airfield Norden Bombsight Storage Vault: November 18, 2011 : 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north of Glasgow
Fort Peck Lake. Antelope Creek Reservoir, el. 2,165 feet (660; Beery Reservoir, el. 2,342 feet (714; Christianson Reservoir, el. 2,372 feet (723; Dreyer Reservoir, el ...
The Fort Peck Indian Reservation (Assiniboine: húdam wįcášta, [3] Dakota: Waxchį́ca oyáte [4]) is located near Fort Peck, Montana, in the northeast part of the state. It is the home of several federally recognized bands of Assiniboine , Lakota , and Dakota peoples of Native Americans .
He served as a Major at the Fort Peck Indian Agency that controlled the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Fort Peck, Montana from 1893 to 1917, and was Superintendent of the Agency from 1904 to 1917. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]