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What you are reading: Where to Go in Fort Benton, Montana This Weekend
Summary and Frequenly Asked Questions:
- Steeped in history and surrounded by mile after mile of beautiful landscape, Fort Benton is a wonderful destination for a weekend break.
- The town has often been nominated as one of the prettiest small towns in the US and has something to offer everyone.
- The Fort Benton Historic District is lined with interesting old buildings like the Grand Union Hotel (1882), the Bank of Northern Montana, and the Masonic Lodge.
- There are several museums which tell the exciting history of the steamboat era and the 1880’s Gold Rush.
- Close by, you can go canoeing or floating down the Missouri River to see the famous White Cliffs in the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument.
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