Fort Buford State Historic Site and the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center
Historic Site · Williston, North Dakota
The army post at the meeting of the Yellowstone and the Missouri where Sitting Bull surrendered on 19 July 1881, ending the last free Lakota resistance on the northern plains. Two original buildings survive, the field officers' quarters and the stone powder magazine, along with the post cemetery. Half a mile away the Confluence Interpretive Center stands above the point where the two rivers meet - the junction Lewis and Clark reached in April 1805 and thought the finest place for a fort on the whole river.
15349 39th Lane NW, Williston, North Dakota, 58801, United States
⚠ SEASONAL - generally open daily from mid-May to mid-September, roughly 9 AM to 6 PM, with one modest admission covering both Fort Buford and the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center half a mile away. Outside the summer season access is limited and by arrangement, so ring before driving the 25 miles from Williston. The 19 July anniversary of Sitting Bull's surrender brings the fullest programming. Fort Union Trading Post, a few minutes further west, is free and run separately by the National Park Service.
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