2019 Fort Union Trading Post Living History Labor Day Weekend
Join us at the Fort Union Trading Post Living History Labor Day Weekend on August 21 – September 2, 2019 at Fort Union in Williston, North Dakota. Every Labor Day weekend for over twenty years Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site has hosted muzzleloaders, buckskinners and fur trade reenactors to participate in a series of prepared scenes based on real historical events at occurred during Fort Union’s years of operation from 1828 to 1867. This is a time when Fur Trade Living Historians portray what life was like at Fort Union the post during it’s time of operation (1828-1867.
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Fort Union Trading Post Living History Labor Day Weekend
The post is reconstructed to the year 1851). Throughout the weekend the public gets to interact with the Living Historians and learn more about the site. On Saturday of that weekend the site hosts its Last Bell Tours in which the public go in tour groups, starting at dusk, through five or so stations around the site to learn about a historic event that took place at Fort Union.
Throughout the Labor Day Weekend, over 30 participants will demonstrate the day-to-day work routine of fur company employees. This includes presenting black powder shootings, tradesmen working in the blacksmith and carpenter shops, and to re-enact the Last Bell.
Admission: FREE
Fort Union Hours
8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. CDT daily until Labor Day Weekend
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. SUN-MON Memorial Day Weekend
Location
Fort Union Trading Post
15550 Highway 1804
Williston, ND 58801
(701) 572-9083
For Union is located 24 miles north of Sidney and 22 miles southwest of Williston, N.D., on Highway 1804.
For more information, contact Fort Union Trading Post NHS at 701-572-9083.
Mark your calendar today so you don’t miss the next Fort Union Trading Post Living History Labor Day Weekend at Fort Union in Williston, North Dakota.
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