Fort Union Trading Post, North Dakota, United States
4.5 (158 reviews) Monday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent Ranking #1 in Williston Historic Sites
Visit when it’s not crowded!
The Grandest Fort on the Upper Missouri River Between 1828 and 1867, Fort Union was the most important fur trade post on the Upper Missouri River. Here, the Assiniboine and six other Northern Plains Indian Tribes exchanged buffalo robes and smaller furs for goods from around the world, including cloth, guns, blankets, and beads. A bastion of peaceful coexistence, the post annually traded over 25,000 buffalo robes and $100,000 in merchandise.
Address
15550 Highway 1804, Williston, ND 58801-8680
Mobile
Website
http://www.nps.gov/fous/
Working hours
Monday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Monday, May 06, 2024, 8:52
User Ratings
4.5 based on (158 reviews)
Reviews
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4EC13091 5:00 PM Sep 4, 2022
Visit when it’s not crowded!
We visited on Labor Day weekend, and it was mobbed! We hadn’t checked their website to know that there was a big reenactment, and as a result we were surprised by how crowded it was. There were good explanations of the trading post’s role in the development of the west, but we found it far too crowded, and therefore after our brief, 30-minute, tour, we retreated. Go when it’s less crowded to enjoy it to its fullest.
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4Conner T 5:00 PM Jun 21, 2022
A neat little stop
We made sure to stop here as part of filling our national parks "passport," and learned some interesting history. The ranger/actor in the trading house was very informative. Overall, you're probably going to struggle to spend more than an hour here and it's quite a bit out of the way, but it allowed us to check off our last NPS site in North Dakota.
