| The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000. |
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| Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site |
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| Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, Williams co., W N.Dak., and Roosevelt co., NE Mont. Reconstructed trading post of the American Fur Company, erected in 1828 (originally called Fort Floyd), on Missouri R. just NW of and opposite confluence of Yellowstone R. (378 acres/153 ha in N.Dak., 64 acres/26 ha in Mont.). Controlled converging routes of travel from the Rocky Mts., for c.40 years it was the most important post in the U.S. fur trade and was under the control of Amer. fur trader Kenneth Mackenzie. When the U.S. army assumed control in 1868, Fort Union was torn down and Fort Buford, a military post, was erected nearby. Authorized 1966. |
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