Fort Assinniboine goes national

After years of work that started with one man's dream, Fort Assinniboine, once the largest fort in Montana, was listed in January on the National Register of Historic Places, receiving the certificate earlier this month.

"It's exciting," Fort Assinniboine Preservation Association Chair Ron VandenBoom said. "It's rewarding and a little bit bitter sweet because this was (former chair Gary Wilson's) dream and he isn't here to see it anymore."

Wilson, a local historian and author of five books documenting Montana's history, was a driving force in maintaining and improving Fort Assinniboine fo...