Fort Buford

Then of course we visited Fort Buford, the military fort near the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers. It was established in 1866 and built hastily of cottonwood trees. The following year it was completely rebuilt using materials from the dismantling of Fort Union. A few of the original buildings remain so we were able to stand in the very room where Sitting Bull surrendered in 1881. So if that wasn’t enough, on our way back to the campground we made an early evening visit to the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. We drove part of the scenic drive, shot some beautiful photos of the North Dakota Badlands, got into a discussion with a gentleman who visited 48 states in 64 days last summer, and saw a herd of buffalo on the roam.