Crow Agency II Site (24ST89), Stillwater County, Montana 2006

The magnetic survey of the second Crow Agency (24ST89) was conducted by MWAC archeologist Steven De Vore at the request of the Montana Department of Transportation to delineate the historic Crow Agency II boundaries and to identify archeological resources associated with the second Crow Agency (1875-1883). Approximate 8.3 acres were surveyed with a fluxgate gradiometer. The resulting magnetic data provided definitive evidence for the location of the agency compound, irrigation ditches, trash dumps, and artifact scatters associated with the agency buildings and activity areas. Details of the agency complex indicated in the magnetic data closely correspond to the existing agency map. Archeologists from Aaberg Cultural Resource Consulting Service and Western GeoArch Research assisted in the magnetic survey efforts.