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.