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The Watford City Area Chamber of Commerce and the McKenzie County Long X Arts Foundation are helping to keep the Homefest tradition alive in Watford City July 12-13 as a way to welcome those returning for a visit and those who have made Watford City their new home. Events on Friday kick off with an art exhibit by artist Miles Bendixson at the Pioneer Museum from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., followed by tours of the new McKenzie County Healthcare System facility from 2 to 4 p.m. And in true Homefest Tradit...
The 37th Annual Ft. Union Rendezvous was held June 13-16. The event featured a 19th century fur trade fair, talks and demonstrations by period actors. Pictured are period actors (L-R) Cedric Halvorson, Marvin Sowers and Sean McQueen....
Williston, ND: Park hours at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site will extend to 8 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. (Central Time) beginning May 26, 2019. These hours will be in effect from Memorial Day through Labor Day. In addition to extended summer hours, the Trade House will also open for the summer. Open from 10:30 a.m.-5:45 p.m. (central time), interpretive talks by park living historians will detail the commercial and cultural exchanges between Euro American and American Indian trade partners that made Fort Union the most successful fur...
Williston, ND: After 22 years managing Fort Union Trading Post, Andy Banta has announced his retirement as of May 31. Andy began his 41+year career as a volunteer Park Ranger at Grand Canyon National Park, and made stops at Rocky Mountain National Park, Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Badlands National Park, and Fossil Butte National Monument. His work included natural resource management, law enforcement, and interpretation prior to becoming the Superintendent at Fort Union. While it is...
Native American music, dancing, and culture are part of this year’s annual Indian Arts Showcase at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site. The Native American group, Northern Plains Oyate will be hosting a traditional pow wow this Saturday August 4. There will be additional Native American dancing on Sunday August 5. Native American artists will be displaying their works on both days. This event is free. “The Indian Arts Showcase is one event that highlights the history and culture of the Northern plains tribes. Included are pre...
It is time to register for the 23rd annual Footlights and Greasepaint Youth Theatre Retreat. Actor Arch Ellwein has performed from coast to coast in 2400 shows and brings that wealth of experience to a theater camp for boys and girls ages 9 to 15. Preparations are well underway for the 2018 Footlight and Greasepaint Youth Theatre Retreat, which will be held July 9 through July 15. Theater camp headquarters will be St. Matthew’s gymnasium at 310 7th Street SE in Sidney, MT. Over the years hundreds of students have enjoyed learning about the a...
Fort Union Trading Post announces that the Bodmer Overlook will be closed from June 1-10, 2018. This closure is due to an experimental animal based treatment of non-native vegetation within the Overlook boundaries. Approximately 50 cattle will be held in the Overlook to graze the non-native vegetation, primarily Smooth Brome and Crested Wheatgrass. These two grass species are the first to “green-up” and will be preferred by the cattle grazing the site. The grazing will be monitored closely to ensure that the overall grazing of the Overlook are...
The Northwest North Dakota Community Foundation has awarded seven grants totaling $10,000 to worthwhile organizations seeking to improve the quality of life in Williams, Divide, and McKenzie counties. With the grants provided since its inception in 2015, the Northwest North Dakota Community Foundation has been able to reinvest over $150,000 into the area. “There are so many meaningful projects taking place in Williams, Divide, and McKenzie counties, and we are so happy that we are able to support seven local nonprofits through our annual g...
Fort Union Trading Post is currently open daily from 9:00am to 5:00pm Central Daylight Time. On Sunday, May 27, Fort Union will begin summer hours. Summer hours are 8:00 am – 6:30 pm (Central Time). These hours will be in effect from Memorial Day to the end of Labor Day Weekend on September 2, 2018. Fort Union’s Trade House will be open during the summer with living history interpreters on site interpreting the park’s history. Special events are scheduled for the summer as well, so stop in at the visitor’s center to get the latest updates...
This year’s Indian Arts brings presentations on traditional Crow history and culture, as well as from the former 2016 Miss Indian world. Native American music and dancing will also be part of this year’s 26th annual Indian Arts Showcase at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site. This special event will take place the weekend of August 5 & 6, 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 inclu...
The 71st Annual Old Timers Reunion and Summer Festival is scheduled for July 12th through the 16th. "A time for class reunions and reminiscing with friends that you haven't seen in years!" said Festival Committee member, Margaret Flynn. During the week of Old Timers Reunion and Summer Festival, there will be a series of events happening in Fairview for everyone to attend. This year, there will be shirts and buttons honoring Fairview's old water tower that are $10.00 each for shirts and $2.00 eac...
Fort Union Trading Post is currently open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time. On Monday, May 29, Fort Union will begin its summer hours. Summer hours are 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Central Daylight Time. These hours will be in effect from Memorial Day to the end of Labor Day on September 4, 2017. Fort Union’s Trade House will be open during the summer and feature on-site living history interpreters who will share the park’s history. Special events are scheduled for the summer as well, so stop in at the visitor’s center to ge...
Loren Yellowbird was recently honored for contributing to the growth of the state’s travel and tourism industry. Loren Yellowbird is a National Park Service ranger and an Arikara historian at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site since 2000. He works daily with the public to interpret the history of the trading post, at which his ancestors traded goods more than a century ago. As a historian, he manages the site bookstore, interprets the fort’s story and shares Native American culture with visitors. One of his best qualities is his...
Williston, ND, April 12, 2017: North Star Caviar regrets to announce the plant closure for the 2017 season. The change in the caviar market price and supply in 2016 due to the Chinese farm raised product flooding the market has critically affected North Star Caviar operations. This past year, North Star Caviar experienced a drastic decrease in the sale of its well-known paddlefish caviar from the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri River. As a non-profit joint venture, North Star Caviar relies on the sale of its caviar each year in...
On September 4th, Fort Union will transition to new winter hours of 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Central Time). The site is open daily throughout winter except for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s holidays. These hours will be in effect until Memorial Weekend, 2017. During winter, visitors are invited to explore the Bourgeois House Visitor Center featuring a staffed information desk, exhibits, and park videos. Exhibits include artifacts recovered during the extensive archaeological excavations that made the fort’s reconstruction possible. Park...
Find your park and help Fort Union Trading Post celebrate the National Park Service’s 100th Birthday. Free hands on activities for kids, Jr Ranger and Trader programs and birthday cake will be featured each day. When: Thursday, August 25th 2:00 -5:00 Central Time Saturday, August 27th 2-5:00 Central Time August 25, 2016 is the 100th Birthday of the U.S. National Park Service. President Woodrow Wilson signed the NPS Organic Act on August 25, 1916 establishing the National Park Service as an agency under the U.S. Department of the Interior. Today...
The Alexander Settlers Museum on the Lewis and Clark Trail, formerly known as the Lewis and Clark Trail Museum, is excited to announce programming at the museum every weekend through Labor Day. Melissa Teel-Hartman will be offering readings in North Dakota for the first time ever on July 22 and 23. Melissa, who works out of Spearfish, South Dakota, will provide guideposts for soul-inspired healing during her sessions. Private sessions are available both Friday, July 22 and Saturday, July 23 for those interested in meeting with Melissa one-on-on...
Be sure and visit Fairview, MT for their Old Timer’s Reunion and Summer Festival July 15th, 16th, and 17th. Buttons honoring Dick Shannon will be available for $2.00 Friday and Saturday in Sharbono Park where visitors can sign in, and spend some time visiting. Those with a festival button will get free admittance to Ft. Union and Fort Buford all three days, and lunch in the park on Saturday. Stop by the park from 5:00pm until 7:00pm for the registration of Old Timers and have hamburgers with t...
Some of Montana's earliest recorded history played out on the eastern fringes of our state. Through Fort Union, this "Confluence Country" held supremacy over the fur trade business of the Upper Missouri from about 1830 until the 1850s. On April 27, 1805, the Corps of Discovery, after having spent a few days at the joining of the two rivers, (just across the state line in North Dakota), first entered what would become Montana Territory. Meriwether Lewis noted in the expedition journals ... "we sa...
This year’s Fort Union Rendezvous takes place, June 16-19. Headlining the event is Dr. Daniel Patterson. Patterson is a scholar of early American natural history and nature writing and professor of English at Central Michigan University. Patterson’s presentations will be at 2 p.m each day, Friday through Sunday, he will present; “Oh that we had more guns!”: John James Audubon’s Missouri River Journals and His Hidden Conservation Ethic.” In addition there will be a featured speaker sponsored by the Montana Humanities Council, Kristi Hager. She...
The MonDak Heritage Center will be saying farewell to their Executive Director, Kim Simmonds, on June 17; Simmonds has been a part of the Heritage Center for nearly two years, having moved to Sidney with her husband's job in the oilfield. "I've learned a lot in the time I've been here," she commented. "I was able to bring changes to the MonDak Heritage Center, and I'm excited to see how the organization continues to grow in the future. I'm leaving it in good hands with Jessica Newman. She's the...
In 1964, a group of eighth graders, led by their social sciences teacher, Bill Burnison, set out to create a model of historic Fort Union. It served as their contribution to the Fort Union Days Centennial Celebration, which took place June 11-13 that year in Sidney. Starting in February, six students worked on the model. They started out by visiting the site where Fort Union had stood to study the terrain, and they gathered sandstone and cedar from nearby badlands. Construction took place in the junior high shop. The gathered sandstone and...
FORT UNION TRADING POST NHS, ND – Fort Union announces the results of the Expanded Park Housing/Utilities Plan and Environmental Assessment (EA). “This plan analyzed two action alternatives,” said park superintendent Andy Banta. “The proposed alternatives focused on the immediate need for housing park employees.” The EA resulted in the selection of a preferred alternative that: Has no significant environmental impact on site resources, best address the needs of expanded park housing, and most economical and environmentally friendly option. T...
Are you interested in learning the art of bead working? Come join us as the MonDak Heritage Center’s Education Coordinator Jessica Newman introduces participants to the basics of loom beading. To participate, no prior experience is necessary and you will go home with your very own handmade bracelet and a new set of skills! The class will begin at 3:00 p.m. CT Saturday, March 19, at Fort Union Trading Post NHS, 15550 Highway 1804. This free class is being offered in partnership with Sidney, Montana’s MonDak Heritage Center. Preregistration is re...
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...
