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Camp Cooke: The First Army Post In Montana – Success And Failure On The Missouri, Rodger Lee Huckabee
Camp Cooke: The First Army Post In Montana – Success And Failure On The Missouri, Rodger Lee Huckabee
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Historians have long overlooked Camp Cooke as a part of Montana history. As the first military post in the territory, built in 1866, the presence of the 13th Infantry answered the call of citizens in the new territory who demanded the U.S. Government send armed protection Yet, after Camp Cooke was established, local residents and the press attacked that same military that had met their demands for a post in the territory. Sharp criticism berated the government for building Camp Cooke in a place even citizens within Montana called the “Badlands.”
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