Fort Parker was a United States Army fort in spring of 1870 about ten miles to the east of present-day Livingston, Montana near Interstate 90 on a bench by Mission Creek in the territory of the Crow Indian nation. It was the site of the first Crow Indian agency before the agency's relocation eastward first to Absarokee and then to Crow Agency. There was no mission on or near the site; it took its name according to Thomas Leforge "merely by reason of the fact that in those days and earlier most of the Indian agencies were set up where a Christian missionary enterprise had already been in operation. This was not the case here". The United States Army is the largest branch of the armed forces of the United States. ... Livingston is a city located in Park County, Montana, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 6,851. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Interstate 90 Interstate 90 (abbreviated I-90) is the longest interstate highway in the United States at nearly 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers). ... The Crow, also called the Absaroka or Apsáalooke, are a tribe of Native Americans who historically lived in the Yellowstone river valley and now live on a reservation south of Billings, Montana, and the current chairman of the tribal council is Carl Venne. ... Absarokee is a census-designated place located in Stillwater County, Montana. ... Crow Agency is a census-designated place located in Big Horn County, Montana. ...

Its first construction was of cottonwood logs with a canon mounted on one side, which burned completely within a few months and was replaced new agency buildings completely of adobe. The first agent had been a Major Camp, who was succeeded by a Mr. Pease because of his native marriage and connections, thereafter styled Major Pease by virtue of his new office, and a Dr. Wright. Renewal of the surface coating of an adobe wall in Chamisal, New Mexico Adobe is a natural building material composed of sand, sandy clay and straw or other organic materials, which is shaped into bricks using wooden frames and dried in the sun. ...

The fort served to defend area whites and Crows from predations by the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Blackfeet and not very successfully sought to encourage the Crow to an agricultural lifestyle. The Sioux (IPA ) are a Native American and First Nations people. ... Cheyenne lodges with buffalo meat drying, 1870 For other uses, see Cheyenne (disambiguation). ... Sahpo Muxika, also known as Crowfoot, former Head Chief of the Blackfeet Nation The Piegan Blackfeet (Pikuni in Blackfoot) are a tribe of Native Americans based in Montana. ...