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Located about 22 miles southwest of Williston (off Highways 1804 and 58)
9 a.m. - 6 p.m. daily from May 16 - September 15. September 16 - May 15, weekdays by appointment.
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Post Cemetary Site
Officer's Quarters building
Museum exhibit and video
Self-guided site tour
Modern facilities on site
Picnic area and campgrounds
Fort Buford Sixth Infantry Frontier Military Encampment
No Rental Facilities
$5.00 per adult and $2.50 per child.
School groups: $1 per /student, adults with students get free admission.
Tour buses: $2 per person for groups of 20 or more.
North Dakota Heritage Foundation members and children five and under are admitted free. Admission fee includes admission to Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center.
Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center
Fort Union Trading Post
For information on other attractions in the area, follow this link to Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau
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Opens May 16, 2007. Life by the Bugle This permanent exhibit in the Field Officer’s Quarters explores the life of a frontier military officer at Fort Buford and also examines the role of women at an army post. Several objects original to Fort Buford’s days as a military post from 1866 to 1895 are displayed. The Officer of the Guard Building, also at the site, features an exhibit of objects from the SHSND collections and period reproductions.
Address:
612 East Boulevard Ave.
Bismarck, North Dakota 58505
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Hours:
Exhibit galleries and Museum Store: 8am - 5pm M-F; Sat. & Sun. 10am - 5pm.
State Archives: 8am - 4:30pm., M-F, except legal holidays, and 2nd Sat. of each month, 10am - 4:30 pm.
State Historical Society offices: 8am - 5pm M-F, except legal holidays.
Contact Us:
phone: (701) 328-2666
fax: (701) 328-3710
email: histsoc@nd.gov
