Educators find silver lining in Fort Ellis looting

BOZEMAN (AP) — A year after looters dug up a chunk of land previously occupied by a historic military fort, local educators are using the opportunity to learn more about Bozeman’s past.

Last October, three men were caught digging on land a few miles east of downtown Bozeman, which, nearly 150 years earlier, was home to the area’s military camp Fort Ellis. The square-mile parcel of land is currently owned by Montana State University’s Agricultural Experiment Station, which occasionally uses it for grazing. The men, who claimed they had only dug up two vintage beer bottles, were not...