FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 6, 2015
Contact: For more information on these or additional programs, contact Site Supervisor Steve Reidburn or Assistant Site Supervisor Kerry Finsaas at 701.572.9034.
FORT BUFORD—The public is invited to these free upcoming events at the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center and the Fort Buford State Historic Site.
May 15-16, 2015
Confluence Quilters, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. CDT. Join the Confluence Quilters for their monthly meeting at the Confluence. All experience levels invited and instruction provided. Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center, 701.572.9034.
May 17, 2015
Concert at the Confluence, 3 p.m. CDT, featuring Little Dalles Bluegrass Band and free refreshments. Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center.
May 17, 2015
Flag Raising Ceremony at 1 p.m. conducted by the 6th Infantry Regiment Association frontier army re-enactors. Fort Buford State Historic Site.
May 21, 2015
Fort Buford History Book Club, 7 p.m. CDT. Join history buffs in a discussion of this month's selected book, Adventures in Yellowstone, by Mark Miller. Free refreshments. Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center. Please call in advance.
May 24-25, 2015
History Alive! A public program featuring a lecture by “Captain Grant Marsh, Steamboat Captain,” 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. CDT. Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center.
May 23, 2015
Fort Buford State Historic Site and Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center begin summer hours, Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. CDT daily.
The Missouri Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center is located 22 miles southwest of Williston at Fort Buford State Historic Site. Hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday from 1-5 p.m., Closed Monday and Tuesday.
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State Museum and Store: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. M-F; Sat. & Sun. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
We are closed New Year's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. We are closed at noon Christmas Eve if it falls on Mon.-Thurs. and are closed all day if it falls on Fri.-Sun.
State Archives: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. M-F, except state holidays; 2nd Sat. of each month, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Appointments are recommended. To schedule an appointment, please contact us at 701.328.2091 or archives@nd.gov.
State Historical Society offices: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. M-F, except state holidays.
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