This place where the mighty Yellowstone and Missouri rivers meet has been a crossroads for centuries. It was a gathering place for the earliest people of the plains. It was a rendezvous point for fur traders and explorers, and later for the frontier army. Explore the confluence, the forts that made history here, plus more fun attractions!
Explore the reconstructed Fort Union Trading Post which dominated the fur trade on the upper Missouri River from 1828 to 1867 for John Jacob Astor’s American Fur Company. The fort was a place for peaceful trade with the Assiniboine, Cree, Crow, Blackfeet, Ojibwe, Hidatsa, Mandan, Arikara and Sioux tribes. While here, don’t forget to take a selfie at the state line marker between the parking areas!
15550 Highway 1804
(701) 572-9083
Visit the historic site of Fort Buford, a military installation best known as the place where the Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull turned over his rifle in 1881. It was built to protect land and river routes traveled by settlers moving west. Learn about the “Buffalo Soldiers” who served here and tour the original site to see a stone powder magazine and officers’ quarters which now house a museum.
15349 39th Ln NW
(701) 572-9034