Fort Peck in Valley County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)
Fort Peck Hotel and Garage
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1. Fort Peck Hotel and Garage Marker
When President Franklin Roosevelt’s signature authorized construction of the Fort Peck Dam on October 14, 1933, officials immediately began one of the nation’s largest New Deal projects. The promise of work on the 134-mile filled-earth dam brought as many as 50,000 people to the Fort Peck townsite. Former college professors, hoboes, foreclosed farmers, and many others came from across the nation to settle here. The only thing they had in common was the need for work; the project employed nearly 10,500 men, who had lost their livelihoods during the Great Depression. The townsite that sprang up to serve these instant residents was designed to be temporary. Instead, Fort Peck became a permanent community of about 300, and beautiful Fort Peck Lake is today a favorite recreation destination created from the 1930s Dust Bowl. The Fort Peck Hotel and Garage were among the “temporary” government structures constructed in the 1930s. Planners chose the Swiss Chalet style, popularized in the national parks of the 1910s and 1920s, for the town’s most prominent buildings such as the hospital, theatre, store, laboratory, and this hotel.
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Listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of Interior • In cooperation with the Montana Historical Society www.montanahistoricalsociety.org
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Charity & Public Work • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Montana National Register Sign Program series list. A significant historical date for this entry is October 14, 1933.
Location. 48° 0.543′ N, 106° 26.82′ W. Marker is in Fort Peck, Montana, in Valley County. It is on South Missouri Street east of Osage Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map.
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2. Fort Peck Hotel and Garage Marker & Hotel Entryway
Regionally, this marker is in Montana’s Missouri River Country. It is also in the American Mountain West, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, on the prairies, on the Great Plains, and specifically on the Northern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Fort Peck Administration Building (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Boomtowns on the Outskirts (approx. 1.2 miles away); Town Built for a Dam (approx. 1.2 miles away); Dredging Up The Earth To Build A Dam (approx. 1.2 miles away); Diverting the Mighty Missouri (approx. 1.2 miles away); Powerful Afterthoughts (approx. 1.2 miles away); Roundhouse Point (approx. 1.2 miles away); Dredging Up (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort
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3. Fort Peck Hotel
Also see . . .
1. Fort Peck Hotel and Garage | Historic Montana. (Submitted on August 11, 2026.)
2. Montana MPS Employee's Hotel and Garage - National Archives Catalog. National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form (1986). (Submitted on August 11, 2026.)
Additional keywords. Employee's Hotel and Garage.
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4. Fort Peck Hotel
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5. Fort Peck Hotel
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6. Fort Peck Hotel Garage
Credits. This page was last revised on August 18, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 11, 2026. This page has been viewed 25 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 11, 2026.
