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Celebrating History: Chief Rocky Boy dies, park created

By Emily Mayer

Sad news was reported in The Havre Daily Promoter’s April 24, 1916, issue. The honorable and courageous Chief Rocky Boy passed away peacefully the previous week on April 18, and his community was mourning a great loss. The article was rather lengthy, mostly taken from accounts of the Great Falls Tribune. The article noted that Chief Rocky Boy was over 80 years old, and that he had passed away on the “recently acquired Assinniboine reservation.”

Other news regarding the former Fort Assinniboine military reserve and land reserved for the Rocky Boy Reservation hit the p...

 

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