Fort Buford State Historic Site

North Dakota


Twenty-two miles southwest of Williston, Fort Buford is close to Fort Union Trading Post and is located near Missouri River. It's the bleak army outpost where Sitting Bull surrendered. Only a few reconstructed buildings remain today. The adjacent Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center includes the fort's visitor center. The entire complex is a bit run-down.


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1. Fort Union Trading Post

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Straddling the Montana–North Dakota border, the pearl-white Fort Union Trading Post is a reconstruction of the American Fur Company post built in 1828. It…