Fort Buford a United States Military Post named in honor of General John Buford of Gettysburg fame was established on this location in the fall of 1866. Preceding it on this site were two trading posts. Fort William erected in 1833 and Fort Mortim…
Early explorers reported that America's western mountains were rich in furs. As a part of a plan to extend trading into the Upper Missouri country, John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company built Fort Union here, near the junction of the Missouri an…