Celebrating History: Setting aside land for Rocky Boy

By Emily Mayer

The newspapers in Havre 100 years ago carried several neat articles.

The Havre Plaindealer’s April 1, 1916, issue had a good-sized article announcing that the secretary of the interior favored increasing the amount of land for Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. The amount announced in the newspaper stated the legislation, crafted by Sen. Meyer, set aside 30,900 acres for Rocky Boy Reservation, 80 acres for a reservoir site for the city of Havre and 10,240 acres for Beaver Creek Park. However, Secretary Lane was favoring more of the former Fort Assinniboine Military Reserve be set a...