Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Fort Benton







In the 1860s and 1870s, this is where the riverboats on the Missouri stopped and unloaded all the people and stuff headed farther west.  It was a busy place.  Not so much anymore.

But the Grand Union Hotel was a great find, and it's dining room an even greater one.  The nicely restored hotel stands alone on the river bank, across the street from a long row of buildings that still bear some resemblance to the pictures on the historical signs of the 19th-century main street.  I couldn't help but wonder who else had stayed in our third floor room since the place opened in the early 1880s.


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