The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusFort Shaw is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cascade County, Montana, United States. The population was 256 at the 2020 census, a decrease from 280 at the 2010 census. Named for a former United States military outpost, it is part of the Great Falls, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area. First called Camp Reynolds, Fort Shaw is named for Col. Robert G. Shaw of Boston, the first white officer to lead a unit of the United States Colored Troops in the American Civil War. The U.S. government established this fort on the Mullan Road in 1867. A community developed around it. The fort was decommissioned in 1891 and repurposed as an Indian boarding school. The Fort Shaw Indian girls' basketball …
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 280 to 256 (-9%). Half of its homes were built before 1973.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fort Shaw yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Fort Shaw’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fort Shaw’s history is told.
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Fort Shaw, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Fort Shaw
Fort Shaw has 1 listing on the National Register, and they protect 6 historic buildings, because Fort Shaw Historic District and Cemetery alone counts 6.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.