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Check out descriptions our "Must See" attractions immediately below for sites that offer visitor-friendly hours and year-round hours of operation, plus great accessibility, extensive interpretation of regional history and wildlife and great amenities.

Then explore further down the page for more pioneer museums, great trails and unique attractions!

TOUR FORT BUFORD STATE HISTORIC SITE
Fort Buford was a military installation best known as the place where the Hunkpapa Sioux leader Sitting Bull turned over his rifle in 1881. It was built to protect land and river routes traveled by settlers moving west. Tour the original site to see a stone powder magazine and officers’ quarters which now house a museum.

Visit the cemetery! Each marker notes how its owner perished.  
23 miles W of Williston on Hwy 1804
www.history.nd.gov / (701)572-9034


EXPLORE FORT UNION TRADING POST NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
Enjoy touring the most important fur trade post on the Upper Missouri River! Between 1828 and 1867, Fort Union peacefully traded with Assiniboine, Cree, Crow, Blackfeet, Ojibwa, Hidatsa, Mandan, Arikara and Sioux tribes for buffalo robes and smaller furs in exchange for cloth, guns, blankets, and beads and other items.

Don’t forget to snap a selfie at the state line marker between the parking areas!
24 miles W of Williston on Hwy 1804
www.nps.gov/fous / (701)572-9083


LEARN ABOUT THE REGION AT THE MISSOURI YELLOWSTONE CONFLUENCE INTERPRETIVE CENTER
This beautiful, modern facility offers the same magnificent views the Lewis & Clark Expedition saw over 100 years ago at the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers. Enjoy regional history displays, surrounding trails, picnic areas and gift shop.
      
23 miles W of Williston on Hwy 1804  
www.history.nd.gov / (701)572-9034

Cut Bluff Overlook
A historic site located about two miles (3 km) east of Williston on the south side of Highway 1804. Commemorating Lewis and Clark's campsite near Cut Bluff on the south banks of the Missouri River.

2 miles East of Williston on Hwy 1804
Williston, ND 58801
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Fort Buford State Historic Site
701-572-9034
15349 39th Lane NW (23 miles West of Williston on Hwy 1804)
Williston, ND 
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Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
701-572-9083
15550 Hwy 1804 West (24 miles West of Williston)
Williston, ND 
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Frontier Museum
701-580-2415
6330 2nd Ave W
Williston, ND 
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James Memorial Art Center
701-774-3601
621 1st Ave W
Williston, ND 
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Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center
701-572-9034
15349 39th Lane NW (23 miles West of Williston on Hwy 1804)
Williston, ND 
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Old Armory
701-577-3179
320 1st Ave East
Williston, ND 
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