Fort Buford State Historic Site
15349 39th Ln NW, Williston, ND 58801
Winter Hours:
Site grounds with outdoor interpretive signs open year-round.
Fort Buford State Historic Site preserves remnants of a vital frontier plains military post. Fort Buford was built in 1866 near the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers, and became a major supply depot for military field operations. Original features still existing on the site include a stone powder magazine, the post cemetery site, and a large officers' quarters building which now houses a museum. Fort Buford, located near present-day Williston, was one of a number of military posts established to protect overland and river routes used by immigrants settling the West. While it served an essential role as the sentinel on the northern plains for twenty-nine years, it is probably best remembered as the place where the famous Hunkpapa Sioux leader, Sitting Bull, surrendered in 1881.Winter Hours:
Site grounds with outdoor interpretive signs open year-round.
Fort Buford State Historic Site preserves remnants of a vital frontier plains military post. Fort Buford was built in 1866 near the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers, and became a major supply depot for military field operations. Original features still existing on the site include a stone powder magazine, the post cemetery site, and a large officers' quarters building which now houses a museum. Fort Buford, located near present-day Williston, was one of a number of military posts established to protect overland and river routes used by immigrants settling the West. While it served an essential role as the sentinel on the northern plains for twenty-nine years, it is probably best remembered as the place where the famous Hunkpapa Sioux leader, Sitting Bull, surrendered in 1881.
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- Regular Hours
Mon - Sun: - Extra Phones
Phone: 701-572-9037
Fax: 701-572-9033
TollFree: 800-222-4766
- AKA
Fort Buford Historic Museum
Fort Buford Historic Site
- Other Links
http://www.history.nd.gov/historicsites/buford
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- Museums, Historical Places, Places Of Interest, Tourist Information & Attractions
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