National Register of Historic Places

Too Close For Comfort Site (24HL101)

Havre, Hill County, Montana
Listed
December 30, 1974
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
74001098

About this property

The Too Close for Comfort Site is an archaeological site located in Havre, Montana, United States. The area was used as a buffalo jump. The site, also known as Wahkpa Chu'gn has yielded artifacts from three Native American groups. Between 2000–1500 years ago, the site was inhabited by the Besent peoples, followed about 200–300 years later by the Avonlea peoples for a brief period of time, and lastly by the Saddle Butte peoples who were using the site until about 600 years ago. Wahkpa Chu'gn was discovered in 1962 by John Brumley, followed by further excavations in the 1960s and 1970s by the Montana State Archaeological Society and the Milk River Archaeological Society. John Brumley took over the excavations in the late 1970s, and in 1992 he and his wife began managing the site as an extremely experiential "non-sterile" archaeological site. The site is open to the public, operated by the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1974.

Location

Havre, Hill County, Montana

Categories

PREHISTORICHISTORIC - ABORIGINAL
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When was Too Close For Comfort Site (24HL101) listed on the National Register?

Too Close For Comfort Site (24HL101) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 30, 1974.

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Too Close For Comfort Site (24HL101) is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

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