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Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site

  Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site :-
A trip to Fort Union takes you back in time to the mid-19th century, the heyday of Fort Union and the fur trade on the Upper Missouri river. Tour the partially reconstructed fort and walk where many famous folk from several countries and cultures walked, folk such as Kenneth McKenzie, Alexander & Natawista Culbertson, Father Pierre DeSmet, Sitting Bull, Karl Bodmer, and Jim Bridger. Fort Union Trading Post was the most important fur trading post on the upper Missouri from 1828 to 1867. At this post, the Assiniboine, Crow, Cree, Ojibway, Blackfeet, Hidatsa, and other tribes traded buffalo robes and other furs for trade goods such as beads, guns, blankets, knives, cookware, and cloth.

ACTIVITIES
Learn about the coexistence and interaction of two different cultures as you walk through the reconstructed trading post. Discover the customs of commercial and cultural exchange as you visit with the trader in the Indian Trade House.(Summer only)
Examine the exhibits in the Visitor Center and learn about the history, culture and archaeology of Fort Union Trading Post. Step into the tipis in and around the post and imagine the nomadic life of the Plains Indians.

FACTS
Acreage
Gross Area Acres for FY 2004 - 444
Gross Area Acres for FY 2003 - 444
Gross Area Acres for FY 2002 - 444

Visitation
Total Recreation Visits for FY 2004- 21,399
Total Recreation Visits for FY 2003- 23,826
Total Recreation Visits for FY 2002- 21,171

Budget
FY 2004 Annual Budget is $631,000
FY 2003 Annual Budget is $632,000
FY 2002 Annual Budget is $631,000


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