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Fort Assinniboine: Group looks at creating a foundation

Trying to find funding for multiple projects

The Fort Assinniboine Preservation Association is considering the possibility of creating a foundation to raise money for the cash-strapped former U.S Army fort turned historic site.

"We feel maybe if we can get a foundation started, it will be easier to raise funds," said Lynda Taplin, association president.

Funds are needed, said Taplin, to maintain and expand access to the remnants of the fort, which was opened in 1879, to protect the Assiniboine tribe from attacks by the Sioux and Nez Perce at the tail end of the Indian Wars.

The fort was decommissioned in 1911.

The fort is now...

 

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