Hi-Line Living: Fort Assinniboine - Living History

Several miles south of Havre, near the edge of the Bear Paw Mountains, sits Fort Assinniboine.

At its heyday in the late 1800s, there were more than 100 buildings that housed up to 800 troops. It was the largest fort of its kind in the West.

Time has taken its toll on the buildings, but more than 10 remain standing today, including most of the central part of the fort. That's more than any other fort in the West.

History buffs and tourism experts have long looked at the fort as a gold mine.

"This is where Havre began," said Lynda Taplin, the longtime secretary-treasurer of the Fort Assinniboin...