Near Fort Piegan in Glacier County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)

Old Agency Site

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 9, 2015

1. Old Agency Site Marker

Inscription. In 1879, the Blackfeet agency was moved to this site from a previous site south of here to encourage the Blackfeet to take up farming. Old Agency was also the site of where over 600 Blackfeet starved to death, which is known as "The Starvation Winter Site." The agency was moved to Browning in 1895.

Erected by Blackfeet Nation. (Marker Number 8.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • Indigenous Peoples and Communities. A significant historical year for this entry is 1879.

Location. 48° 25.749′ N, 112° 41.94′ W. Marker is near Fort Piegan, Montana, in Glacier County. It is on Badger Creek Road 0.1 miles south of U.S. 89, on the left when traveling north. Marker is located in a pull-out on the west side of the road, overlooking the Old Agency site. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cut Bank MT 59427, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Western Montana

and in Glacier Country.

It is also in the American Mountain West

and in the Lewis & Clark Corridor.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Ration Day (here, next to this marker); Ghost Ridge (here, next to this marker); Old Agency (approx. 0.4 miles away); Chief Mountain and Old North Trail (approx. 4½ miles away); Captain Meriwether Lewis (approx. 10.4

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miles away); The 546th Missile Squadron (approx. 10.4 miles away); Camp Disappointment (approx. 12.3 miles away); a different marker also named Camp Disappointment (approx. 12.6 miles away).

More about this marker. This is a large, framed, painted metal marker, mounted at eye-level in a heavy-duty wooden frame.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Old Agency, Blackfeet Nation, Montana

Old Agency Site Marker (<i>wide view; leftmost of three historical markers at this site</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 9, 2015

2. Old Agency Site Marker (wide view; leftmost of three historical markers at this site)

Credits. This page was last revised on November 18, 2020. It was originally submitted on February 23, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 731 times since then and 70 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 23, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.