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Fort Union Trading Post

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The preeminent fur trading post on the Missouri River from the 1820's to the Civil War, Fort Union was a colorful mix of riverboaters, fur traders, Plains Indians tribes and frontier capitalists. Bourgeois House, once the setting of elegant dinners for distinguished guests, is now a visitor center. Fort Union straddles the Montana-North Dakota border. Open daily year round.

The site is 15 miles SE of Bainsville MT, 21 miles north of Sidney MT and 25 miles SW of Williston ND.

Location: RR 3 Box 71, Williston Montana 58801 Telephone 701-572-9083 Fax 3

Other History nearby:
(Epping) Buffalo Trails Museum
(Williston) Frontier Museum
(Williston) Ft. Buford State Historic Site
(Williston) Ft. Union Trading Post Nat. Hist. Site
(Alexander) Lewis and Clark Trail Museum
(Watford City) McKenzie County Pioneer Museum

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