We took a side trip out of Williston to visit a couple of historic sites just a few miles up the Missouri River from town. Near the Montana border, the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers converge. Fort Buford was established in 1866 to guard and protect the strategic confluence of these rivers, both important transportation and trade routes of the early west. From this fort the army fought the Indians of the northern plains, and it was at Fort Buford, on July, 20, 1881, that the Sioux chief Sitting Bull surrendered, ending the great Sioux wars. Much of the fort has been [View Full Entry]

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The History On May 14, 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark left St Louis, heading up the Missouri River on their 2 ½-year expedition to explore and chart the lands recently acquired through the Louisiana Purchase, and to seek a “Northwest Passage” to the Pacific Ocean. On April 17, 1805, almost one year later, they made camp at Short Creek, in what is now North Dakota, one mile from our campground at Lewis and Clark State Park. Sixteen months later on their return trip, they made camp at Tobacco Garden Bay, just across the Missouri River from the Park. It was [View Full Entry]

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Williston Maureen Kelly/Robert Tait Now that Monday, June 25, is here, we are at the Dodge Dealer in Williston, to have the A/C evaluated. Good news they have located the problem, it is the condenser; bad news the parts needs to be ordered and will be here tomorrow after noon. We drove south to Ft. Union Trading Post. It was built in 1828 and soon became headquarters for the trading of beaver furs, and buffalo hides with the various Indian Tribes. The main means of transportation, at the time, was the river, so it was [View Full Entry]

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