You have to say the "trading post" part to distinguish this place from the military Fort Union site in New Mexico...
We stopped by this historic place near the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers, right on the North Dakota-Montana border. It was really active during the heyday of the fur trade in the early 19th century. The guide told us that the biggest problem the fort's managers had was to make sure that Indian tribes that didn't like each other wouldn't show up to trade at the same time. I would not have wanted the job of bouncer.
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