Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site

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Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site Description

A short distance from Fort Buford is the earlier Fort Union (also restored), once an important trading post and fur trappers' base, where George Catlin and John James Audubon studied and painted the landscape and its inhabitants.

Fort Union Trading Post was in use between 1828 and 1867 and accessed by the Assiniboine, Crow, Cree, Ojibway, Blackfeet, and Hidatsa tribes.

Hobbies & Activities category: Historic site; National park

Address

Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
15550 Highway 1804
Williston, ND 58801
United States

Map Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site

Phone 1 (701) 572-9083
Fax 1 (701) 572-7321

http://www.nps.gov/fous/

Hours

May 25 to September 3

Open	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00
Closed	20:00	20:00	20:00	20:00	20:00	20:00	20:00

September 4 to May 24

Open	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00
Closed	17:30	17:30	17:30	17:30	17:30	17:30	17:30

Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1) Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, November) Christmas - Christian (December 25)