Moving on we traveled a short distance to this the Lewis & Clark State Park just outside of Williston. Fort Buford, a 1885 trading post on the Missouri River, is a total reproduction of the original based on sketches of one of the soldiers stationed there. The original fort was torn apart and used to build other forts and stations along the river such as Union Fort. Fur traders used to stop here to trade with the local Indians, re-provision and then move on.
Union Fort has a few buildings still standing and some reproductions just to show how a military fort would have been laid out and how the buildings would be used for housing and officers quarters, etc.
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