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The Fort Benton River & Plains Society’s
Schwinden Library and Archives houses the Overholser Historical Research
Center, a research center for historians, writers, students, and local
history and family history researchers.
The Center houses a substantial collection of
unpublished archival records of individuals, families, organizations,
businesses, and events. The manuscripts, documents, and photographs in
the collection are important to each era in the history of Fort Benton,
Chouteau County, the Upper Missouri River, and the Northern Great
Plains. These eras include
the following: Native Americans; the Fur Trade; Upper Missouri
Steamboating; Overland Freighting; the Canadian Trade; Open Range
Ranching; Homesteading; the Military; and the People of Fort Benton and
Chouteau County.
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