Free Family-Friendly programs at Fort Buford and Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center

Learn stories of the past and explore the beauty of the present at Fort Buford State Historic Site and Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center near Williston. Programs offer engaging, family-friendly ways to experience the confluence of cultures, rivers, and time. Registration is not required for these free programs, and children must be accompanied by an adult.

Sept. 1, Flag Lowering Ceremony, Noon
Join us at Fort Buford as we ceremoniously lower a historical 37-star U.S. flag, marking the close of the 2025 tourism season.

Sept. 27, Confluence Learning Lab: Early Peoples of the Confluence, 2-3 p.m.
Step back in time to discover how the earliest peoples of the Confluence region lived, hunted, and thrived during this hands-on educational experience for all ages. Explore authentic and replica artifacts, learn how stone tools were made, and get a feel for life on the northern Plains before written history. Then, head outside to test your skills with real atlatls, the ancient spear-throwing tools used by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years.

For more information, contact Site Supervisor Cheyenne Teal, [email protected] or 701.572.9034. The Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center is part of Fort Buford State Historic Site managed by the State Historical Society of North Dakota. Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center and Fort Buford are open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m., through Sept. 30. All times listed are Central time. Find information about upcoming programs of the State Historical Society at history.nd.gov/events.