Camp Four on Campbell Farm, about 12 miles (19 km) from Fort Smith, Montana, is nationally significant for its association with Thomas D. Campbell, "once the world's largest wheat farmer", and "a pioneer in industrialized corporate farming methods." It is the best preserved of two permanent camps, which along with six temporary camps, served the wheat farm during the period from 1918 to the 1960s.[2]
Camp Four | |
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| Nearest city | Fort Smith, Montana |
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| Coordinates | 45°24′50″N 107°53′43″W / 45.41389°N 107.89528°W |
| Built | 1920 |
| NRHP reference No. | 91001940[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 21, 1992 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1] It has 12 buildings and three other structures, including five bunkhouses, two commissaries, a workshop, a water tank, a "cowboy house" and an "oil house."[2]
See also edit
- Thomas D. Campbell House, in Grand Forks, North Dakota, log cabin and wood-frame house that was Thomas Campbell's childhood home, also NRHP-listed
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b Chere Jiusto (July 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Camp Four". National Park Service. Retrieved January 4, 2016. with 23 photos from 1991
External links edit
- Campbell Farming Corporation Camp Four, at Big Horn County Historical Museum and Visitor Center