FORT WILSALL

Fort Wilsall is located in the beautiful Shields River Valley. The Shields Valley is nestled between the Crazy Mountains to the east, Bridger Mountains to the west and the Absaroka Mountains to the south with the Shields River, one of the prime trout streams in Montana, meandering through the Valley. Located directly in the Shields Valley River Basin, home of the oldest archeological dig in North America, is the Anzick Site, dating back 11,500 years ago. In 1968 it was discovered the late Ice Age People left over 100 red ocher covered stones and the bone artifacts of a two year old child at the most prominent land feature in the center of the Shields River Valley floor located near Wilsall, Montana.

Primary location: Wilsall United States