Havre

Havre, city, seat (1911) of Hill county, north-central Montana, U.S. It lies along the Milk River, to the east of the Fresno Dam and Reservoir and to the north of the Chippewa (Ojibwa)-Cree Rocky Boy’s Reservation. The city was named for Le Havre, France, the birthplace of the original homesteaders. The townsite was originally located (1879) 5 miles (8 km) southwest, near Fort Assiniboine (now an agricultural experiment station). After the Great Northern Railway was...