Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site

We just moved up to North Dakota and was spending our afternoon just seeing what there is to do for a day trip. We came across Fort Union and we enjoyed our self guided tour (along with a little rabbit who joined us). The gentleman inside was really kind and informative. We enjoyed our day and learned some great history.

What a neat piece of history tucked away on the plains and the Missouri River. It’s pretty small, but easy to walk the grounds and is packed with facts and relics. The rangers took the time to explain the way of life to the kids and they had fun trading items.

Visited on 7.14.2025. It is a Free national monument and museum, and there is plenty of history about the Fur Trade. The grounds are open for self guided tours. I appreciated talking with Salina about Maine and other states full of adventure! Definitely recommend visiting if you are in the area.

This is a free place to visit, and it is a cool little spot to check out. It is fairly sparse but gives a nice taste of what life in and around the trading post must have been like. Cute little museum inside. I would have loved to have seen the "second floor" but it was closed for safety purposes.

Interesting info. Very remote. Had an interesting chat with "local" mountain men reinactors. If you are interested in trade and early interactions between whites and native Americans, and you're nearby, well worth the visit.

Beautiful place but what really made it awesome was the guys who was doing reenacting that got stuck there another day because of rain. We sat down with them for a while talking. They are canoing down the river and doing everything like back in them days. It was so awesome. They was very knowledgeable and we could sit and talk for hrs. I think people would be more interested in learning about the history with things like this going on.. to me it made the whole experience come alive. Thank you to the 3 gentleman that talked with us and made the experience more alive.

Very interesting recreational of the trading post that was here. You really get a sense of how many people came through here and how important it was to the area.

Parks people were very informative which means the experience very nice. Would recommend if you like history and the Western time period