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Fort Union is soliciting comments on the Expanded Park Housing/Utilities Plan and Environmental Assessment (EA). The EA documents the results of this plan and the potential environmental impacts associated with the preferred alternative. The comment period runs through Jan. 11, 2016. The purpose for the Expanded Housing/Utilities Plan is to address critical shortage of employee housing that meets current NPS housing standards; increase the housing capacity of the park to adequate number of bedrooms as identified by the Housing Needs...
Fort Union is soliciting comments on the Expanded Park Housing/Utilities Plan and Environmental Assessment (EA). The EA documents the results of this plan and the potential environmental impacts associated with the preferred alternative. The comment period runs through Jan. 11, 2016. The purpose for the Expanded Housing/Utilities Plan is to address critical shortage of employee housing that meets current NPS housing standards; increase the housing capacity of the park to adequate number of bedrooms as identified by the Housing Needs...
Traditional Native American music, dancing, and culture are part of this year’s 24th annual Indian Arts Showcase at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site. This special event will take place the weekend of August 1 & 2, on Saturday and Sunday from 10 am - 5 pm each day. This event is free. “The Indian Arts Showcase is one of our events that highlight the history and culture of the Northern plains tribes. We include presentations, music, traditional crafts to help connect the visitors with this rich culture.” Says Ranger Yellow Bird. Spe...
Fort Union Trading Post is currently open every day from 9:00am to 5:30pm Central Daylight Time. On Saturday, May 23, Fort Union will change from the winter hours to our summer hours. These hours will be from 8:00 am – 6:30 pm (Central Time). These hours will be in effect from Memorial Day to the end of Labor Day on September 6, 2015. Fort Union’s Trade House will be open every day during the summer hours with living history interpreters on site interpreting the history. Our special events are scheduled for the summer as well, so stop in at...
Living History weekend August 31 through September tells the story of the Northwest Company’s purchase of Fort Union from the American Fur Company. The setting for this year’s Last Bell Tour is based on events that occurred from June 17 through September 17, 1865 through the eyes of the employees from Chouteau and Company. A series of changes were experienced during this time and the fort re-enactors, staff and volunteers will bring this story to life. This will set the stage to give the visitors that view from the past. Saturday’s Last Bell...
Living History weekend August 31 through September tells the story of the Northwest Company’s purchase of Fort Union from the American Fur Company. The setting for this year’s Last Bell Tour is based on events that occurred from June 17 through September 17, 1865 through the eyes of the employees from Chouteau and Company. A series of changes were experienced during this time and the fort re-enactors, staff and volunteers will bring this story to life. This will set the stage to give the vis...
Fort Union Trading Post NHS is proud to announce that the Friends of Fort Union and Fort Buford received the 2013 National Park Service Midwest Region Partnership Award for their long term support of Fort Union Trading Post. For over 28 years, the Friends of Fort Union Trading Post have provided vital support to the park. The “Friends” have coordinated significant fund-raising efforts for park reconstruction and annual interpretive events. They have supported publication of books related to the...
This year’s Fort Union Rendezvous will take place June 13th through the 16th. Headlining the rendezvous this year will be Mr. Jerome Kills Small, Red Robin, of Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Jerome is the recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award from South Dakota Humanities Council, Reconciliation Award from the Governor of South Dakota, George Mickleson, University of South Dakota Poet of the Year in 1994, and he has awards and certificates for speaking at Red Road Retreat and the Building Bridges Conference. He has been in several videos f...
Fort Union Trading Post has received two traditionally painted buffalo robes. The artist, Mr. Darryl Growing Thunder is a member of the Dakota and Assiniboine tribes from Fort Peck, Montana said Park Ranger Loren Yellow Bird. The stories being displayed reflect the lifestyle of the Plains Indian warriors. The robes include two different eras; pre-1850 and post-1850 and were funded by the Fort Union Cooperative Association. The robes will be displayed as part of the fort’s living history p...
