Fort Totten State Historic Site
Historic Site · Fort Totten, North Dakota
Sixteen original buildings around a parade ground on the south shore of Devils Lake - the best-preserved military post of the frontier era on the northern plains, and one of the most complete anywhere in the United States. It was built in 1867 to control the routes across Dakota Territory, closed as a fort in 1890, and then spent nearly seventy years as an Indian boarding school. That second history is the harder one and the site does not skip it.
417 Cavalry Circle, Fort Totten, North Dakota, 58335, United States
⚠ SEASONAL - generally open daily from mid-May to mid-September, roughly 9 AM to 5 PM, with access outside that season by arrangement only. A modest admission is charged; parking is free. The summer theatre season staged in the historic buildings is separately ticketed and has its own schedule. Ring before travelling: Fort Totten is on the south shore of Devils Lake, about 20 minutes from the town of Devils Lake and a long way from any motorway.
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