Historic Structures Report: Fort Union Trading Post
Thompson EN. 1968. Historic Structures Report: Fort Union Trading Post. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site is a partial reconstruction of the most important fur trading post on the upper Missouri, 1829-1867. The fort site is about two miles from the confluence of the Missouri River and its tributary, the Yellowstone River, on the North Dakota/Montana border, 25 miles from Williston, North Dakota. This study of the history of Fort Union Trading Post, with its emphasis on structural history, has been prepared in accordance with the Historical Resource Study Proposal, Fort Union Trading Post-H-2. Because a detailed general history of the post has not hitherto been prepared, the first part of this report is written with a chronological history in mind. The second part of the report is a lengthy list of objects that were at the post. While such a compilation is not usually found in a Historic Structures Report, it seemed worthwhile to include such a listing here. The first summer of archeology has just been completed; at least one additional season is planned. The objects, be they trade goods or furnishings, may be of use to archeologists as an orientation of expectations. The third and last part of the report summarizes the history of each structure. This has been arranged in a manner that architects may use the material on each structure separately in preparing their portions of the structures reports.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Thompson, Erwin
- Date of Issue
- 1968-09-30
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- FOUS , IMR
- Keywords
- Assiniboine, Blackfoot, Cree, Crow, fort union, Hidatsa, Lakota, military, Ojibwe, trading post
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 050580: Back Gate , CRIS-HS: 050590: Bell Tower , CRIS-HS: 050585: Blacksmith Shop (050585) , CRIS-HS: 050582: Bourgeois House , CRIS-HS: 050584: Dwelling Range , CRIS-HS: 052764: Entrance Sign (052764) , CRIS-HS: 050588: Flagstaff (050588) , CRIS-HS: 050579: Front Gate , CRIS-HS: 050592: Ice House (050592) , CRIS-HS: 050581: Indian-Artisan House , CRIS-HS: 052147: Kiln , CRIS-HS: 050583: Kitchen (050583) , CRIS-HS: 050589: Milk House, Dairy , CRIS-HS: 050578: Northeast Bastion , CRIS-HS: 050576: Palisade , CRIS-HS: 050587: Powder Magazine (050587) , CRIS-HS: 050577: Southwest Bastion , CRIS-HS: 050586: Store Range , CRIS-HS: 052148: Well (052148)