General view of Fort Union. - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...
General view of Fort Union. ; March 1981
Fort Larned national historic site - Fort Union
Fort Union Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fall colors along the Missouri River
A late September view of the Missouri River channel as seen from Fort Union Trading Post's palisade wall gallery. During the trading post's active years, 1828-1867, the Missouri River flowed passed the fort at ... More
Southwest bastion, National Parks gallery
Fort Union Trading Post's southwest bastion as seen from the west. This 1980s reconstruction is built on the site where gravel miners in the 1930s discovered the buried bastion foundations from the historic 182... More
From the Bodmer Overlook - Public domain scan / drawing
A summertime view of Fort Union Trading Post from the north. The photograph was taken from Bodmer Overlook, the spot where Swiss artist Karl Bodmer sketched his famous drawing of the most prominent fur trade po... More
Jousting moose bulls - National Parks Gallery
Two moose bulls lock antlers in a contest of wills. The test of strength is viewed from the gallery along Fort Union Trading Post's south palisade wall. The bulls are tussling in the Missouri River channel at t... More
Northeast bastion, National Parks gallery
Fort Union Trading Post's whitewashed, red-roofed northeast bastion is topped with a buffalo weather vane. Visible on the left is the fort's east palisade. In the background, wood-pole tepee frames similar to t... More
Front gate and fur press - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Fort Union Trading Post's front gate and southwest bastion overlook the north bank of the Missouri River. When this American Fur Company-built trading post operated, 1828-1867, steamboats unloaded their cargo o... More
Iron Point (FOUS 16788) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
In the hands of a skilled hunter, iron-tipped arrowheads like this one could easily kill a buffalo or man. George Catlin, the artist who visited Fort Union in 1832, noted the strength and advantage of an arrow:... More
Bodmer Overlook: A higher perspective
A few steps nearer the top of Bodmer Overlook one begins to see the vast expanse of the area surrounding the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers' confluence. That confluence of these major rivers is marked by the d... More
Projectile Point (FOUS 16788) - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
In the hands of a skilled hunter, iron-tipped arrowheads like this one could easily kill a buffalo or man. George Catlin, the artist who visited Fort Union in 1832, noted the strength and advantage of an arrow:... More
Karl Bodmer - Where Bodmer painted
The view as one approaches the top of Fort Union Trading Post's Bodmer Overlook. At this spot in 1833, the Swiss artist Karl Bodmer sketched the first drafts of what later becomes the most famous view created o... More
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel - Public Domain image, National Parks G...
In 1843, the naturalist John James Audubon and his illustrator Isaac Sprague drew at least one sketch of two thirteen-lined ground squirrels at Fort Union Trading Post. If one looks closely at their sketch--the... More
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Fort Union - Public domain dedication, National Gallery of Art
Public domain image of painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Civil War Star Fort (2nd Fort Union) Barracks
Civil War Star Fort (2nd Fort Union) Barracks
23rd US Infantry Band- Enlisted Barracks
23rd US Infantry Band- Enlisted Barracks. Third Fort Union. The 23rd US Infantry served at Fort Union from 1881 to 1884.
23rd US Infantry Band- Barracks party
23rd US Infantry Band- Barracks party. Third Fort Union. The 23rd US Infantry served at Fort Union from 1881 to 1884.
23rd US Infantry Band - Enlisted Barracks Courtyard
23rd US Infantry Band - Enlisted Barracks Courtyard. Third Fort Union. The 23rd US Infantry served at Fort Union from 1881 to 1884.
Civil War Star Fort (2nd Fort Union)
Civil War Star Fort (2nd Fort Union) Third Fort Union Officers Quarters and Flagpole in Background
A section of the ring of Indians of 20 nations who gathered around the...
Tepees in background. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Indians Hist. [ca. 19... More
Bone Awl (FOUS 432) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Before metal awls became available at Fort Union, women from the Northern Plains tribes often relied on bone awls to make holes in thick animal hides. What animal bones did they use? Buffalo, deer, and elk are ... More
Five Lead Musket Balls (FOUS 2704)
Five lead, .50 caliber musket balls for a muzzle-loading gun. Like FOUS 181, 1023, and 1450, these balls were probably used in a musket such as the Northwest Trade gun. Inventories, letters, and orders indicate... More
A trade post at sunset - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
As a September sun sets, Fort Union Trading Post's shadow-blackened walls and buildings stand out sharply against the fire-orange sky.
Fort Larned national historic site - Fort Union
Fort Union is Henry's final destination. He describes the adobe buildings to Sarah.
Needle (FOUS 85601) - National Parks Gallery
Once available at Upper Missouri Outfit trading posts like Fort Union, metal needles became popular trade items. American Indian and Metis, or mixed blood, women in the 1800s used metal needles much like they d... More
Five Lead Balls (FOUS 2704) - Public domain natural history illustrati...
Five lead, .50 caliber musket balls for a muzzle-loading gun. Like FOUS 181, 1023, and 1450, these balls were probably used in a musket such as the Northwest Trade gun. Inventories, letters, and orders indicate... More
2nd Fort Union (Star Fort)1 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...
Civil War Earthwork - 2nd Fort Union
Glass Bead (FOUS 38463) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Greenish-Blue, ellipsoidal, furnace-wound and shaped bead with inlaid complex twisted spiral stripe. According to Lester A. Ross, author of Trade Beads from Archeological Excavations at Fort Union Trading Post ... More
Glass Bead (FOUS 39615) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Very light brownish-yellow, furnace wound and shaped glass bead. According to Lester A. Ross, author of Trade Beads from Archeological Excavations at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, “a furnace-w... More
Euro-American style Bone Die (FOUS 32523)
Euro-American playing dice discovered at Fort Union during the excavation of the “Indians and Artisans House.” This die was machine-cut from a very large mammal bone.
Five Lead Musket Balls (FOUS 2704)
Five lead, .50 caliber musket balls for a muzzle-loading gun. Like FOUS 181, 1023, and 1450, these balls were probably used in a musket such as the Northwest Trade gun. Inventories, letters, and orders indicate... More
Construction of Hunter’s Shack - Public Domain image, National Parks G...
Fort Union Muzzle Loaders members built both the carpenter and hunter’s shack in the courtyard at Fort Union.
Serpent Sideplate (FOUS 1413) - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Many different muskets were available during the time of the fur trade, but the Northwest Trade gun was by far the most popular among the various American Indian tribes that traded at Fort Union. Serpent sidepl... More
Ice Saw (FOUS 735) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
When cutting ice from the frozen Missouri River, the men may have used an ice saw (FOUS 735) similar to the one shown here. This ice saw can also be seen on display in the Fort Union Trading Post NHS museum exh... More
Iron Ball (FOUS 151) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
This 3.2 oz. iron ball, a 1.3 caliber grapeshot, was possibly used in a swivel gun. The smallest type of cannon, a swivel gun could be mounted on a keelboat’s bow, or forward end, which in combination with the ... More
Copper Kettle (FOUS 98273) - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...
Repurposing metal objects into new and useful items was a common practice among the different Northern Plains tribes that traded at Fort Union. This metal kettle bottom appears to have a section of it cut out a... More
Glass Bead (FOUS 35507) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
White, cylindrical shaped, undecorated, hand-drawn glass bead with chopped ends. According to Lester A. Ross, author of Trade Beads from Archeological Excavations at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Si... More
Half a Domino (FOUS 24642) - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...
Pictured here is one half of a domino found during excavations between 1968 and 1972. According to the report Homer Thiel wrote, the domino broke while it was being made at Fort Union. The second half, which wa... More
Glass Beads (FOUS 38667) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
White on gray polychrome (2-layered), cylindrical, hot-tumbled drawn glass beads with inlaid stripes. According to Lester A. Ross, author of Trade Beads from Archeological Excavations at Fort Union Trading Post... More
Iron Ball (FOUS 151) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
This 3.2 oz. iron ball, a 1.3 caliber grapeshot, was possibly used in a swivel gun. The smallest type of cannon, a swivel gun could be mounted on a keelboat’s bow, or forward end, which in combination with the ... More
Glass Beads (FOUS 36315) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Purplish-red, cylindrical, undecorated, hand-drawn glass bead. According to Lester A. Ross, author of Trade Beads from Archeological Excavations at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, “these beads a... More
Ice Glider (FOUS 32502) North Dakota
Although Kurz wrote only about boredom and work, winter snows and ice also offered opportunities for recreation and entertainment. Native and Metis women and “children of both sexes,” the archeologist J. Homer ... More
2nd Fort Union (Star Fort)3 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...
Civil War Earthwork - 2nd Fort Union
Iron Ball (FOUS 151) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
This 3.2 oz. iron ball, a 1.3 caliber grapeshot, was possibly used in a swivel gun. The smallest type of cannon, a swivel gun could be mounted on a keelboat’s bow, or forward end, which in combination with the ... More
Glass Bead (FOUS 83629) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
A lamp-wound shaped glass bead. According to Lester A. Ross, author of Trade Beads from Archeological Excavations at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, “lamp-wound beads were manufacture by wrappin... More
Flint and Fire Steel (FOUS 844 and FOUS 840)
Flint and a fire steel from Fort Union Trading Post's museum collections (FOUS 844 and FOUS 840, respectively). To start a fire, one strikes the flint and fire steel together to create a spark above tinder fung... More
Half a Domino (FOUS 24642) - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...
One half of a bone domino found during excavations between 1968 and 1972. According to the report Homer Thiel wrote, the domino broke while it was being made at Fort Union. The second half, which was also recov... More
Bench Construction, National Parks gallery
Fort Union Muzzle Loaders build historic benches at Fort Union. Public domain photograph of a post office building, postal service, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Metal Scissor (FOUS 8664) - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...
Metal scissors were a popular trade item at Fort Union. Just like today, tailors used them to cut fabric and thread. But it wasn’t only a tailor who used them at Fort Union. American Indian and Métis women woul... More
Lord Astor's August 1989 visit to Fort Union Archeological Excavations...
Lord Astor's august 1989 visit to the Fort Union archeological excavations. From the left, NPS historian Mary "Marcy"Culpin, Priscilla Baker, Lord Astor, and Bill Hunt, the NPS's lead archeologist affectionatel... More
Glass Bead (FOUS 39311) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Very light yellowish-brown, lampworked drawn glass bead. According to Lester A. Ross, author of Trade Beads from Archeological Excavations at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, "beads of this class... More
Copper Kettle (FOUS 98273) - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...
Repurposing metal objects into new and useful items was a common practice among the different Northern Plains tribes that traded at Fort Union. This metal kettle bottom appears to have a section of it cut out a... More
Fort Larned national historic site - Mexican Blanket
One of the trade items Marion sees in the warehouse at Fort Union.
Western Meadowlark (FOUS 57400)
Because it had been neglected since Lewis and Clark’s mention in 1805, Audubon named the bird Sturnella neglecta, or Missouri Meadow-Lark. Although Audubon’s Latin name remains the bird’s official scientific no... More
Projectile Point (FOUS 1002) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...
Metal projectile points like this one, that archeologists unearthed at Fort Union, were introduced to American Indians during the fur trade. It’s triangular shape and rectangular stem, called a tang, are simila... More
Euro-American-Style Bone Die (FOUS 3252)
Euro-American playing dice discovered at Fort Union during the excavation of the “Indians and Artisans House.” This die was machine-cut from a very large mammal bone.
2nd Fort Union (Star Fort)2 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...
Civil War Earthwork - 2nd Fort Union
1930's Aerial 2nd and 3rd Fort Union, Fort Union Depot
1930's Aerial 2nd and 3rd Fort Union, Fort Union Depot . Corner of Civil War Earthwork (2nd Fort Union) in foreground. 3rd Fort Union and Fort Union Depot in background. Ruts the Santa Fe Trail visible.
1930's Aerial Civil War Star Fort (2nd Fort Union)
1930's Aerial Civil War Star Fort (2nd Fort Union)
1930's Aerial2 Photo Civil War Star Fort (2nd Fort Union)
1930's Aerial Photo Civil War Star Fort (2nd Fort Union)
Civil War Star Fort (2nd Fort Union) 1930's Aerial
Civil War Star Fort (2nd Fort Union) 1930's Aerial
1930's Aerial Photo 2nd & 3rd Fort Union, Depot, Santa Fe Trail ruts
2nd & 3rd Fort Union, Depot, Santa Fe Trail ruts are visible in and around the 2nd and 3rd forts.
1930's Aerial - Depot, 2nd & 3rd Fort Union
1930's Aerial - Depot, 2nd & 3rd Fort Union
Fort Union, Company Quarters, State Highway No. 161, Watrous, Mora Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N865 Survey number: HABS NM-164-L Building/structure dates: 1866-1867 Initial Construction
Fort Union, Company Quarters, State Highway No. 161, Watrous, Mora Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N866 Survey number: HABS NM-164-M Building/structure dates: 1866-1867 Initial Construction
Fort Union, Company Quarters, State Highway No. 161, Watrous, Mora Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N864 Survey number: HABS NM-164-J Building/structure dates: 1866-1867 Initial Construction
Fort Union, Company Quarters, State Highway No. 161, Watrous, Mora Cou...
For field sketches, see field notes for HABS No. NM-164-J. Survey number: HABS NM-164-K Building/structure dates: 1866-1867 Initial Construction
Fort Union, Visitors' Center, State Highway No. 161, Watrous, Mora Cou...
Survey number: HABS NM-164-DD Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fort Union - National Parks Gallery
Fort Union ; 1945-1948 Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restri... More
Distillery at Fort Union, 1833 - Public Domain image, National Parks G...
Distillery at Fort Union, 1833 ; 1945-1948
Vaccination of Indian at Fort Union, 1837
Vaccination of Indian at Fort Union, 1837 ; 1945-1948
China Marble (FOUS 4364) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
This marble was found during Fort Union Trading Post's archeological excavations in the 1960's and was one of the thirteen marbles recovered.
General view of Fort Union. - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...
General view of Fort Union. ; July 1977 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General view of Fort Union. - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...
General view of Fort Union. ; April 1977
Views of Fort Union National Monument, New Mexico
Fort Union was established in 1851 by Lieutenant Colonel Edwin V. Sumner as a guardian and protector of the Santa Fe Trail. During it's forty-year history, three different forts were constructed close together.... More
Views of Fort Union National Monument, New Mexico
Fort Union was established in 1851 by Lieutenant Colonel Edwin V. Sumner as a guardian and protector of the Santa Fe Trail. During it's forty-year history, three different forts were constructed close together.... More
Views of Fort Union National Monument, New Mexico
Fort Union was established in 1851 by Lieutenant Colonel Edwin V. Sumner as a guardian and protector of the Santa Fe Trail. During it's forty-year history, three different forts were constructed close together.... More
Views of Fort Union National Monument, New Mexico
Fort Union was established in 1851 by Lieutenant Colonel Edwin V. Sumner as a guardian and protector of the Santa Fe Trail. During it's forty-year history, three different forts were constructed close together.... More
Views of Fort Union National Monument, New Mexico
Fort Union was established in 1851 by Lieutenant Colonel Edwin V. Sumner as a guardian and protector of the Santa Fe Trail. During it's forty-year history, three different forts were constructed close together.... More
Views of Fort Union National Monument, New Mexico
Fort Union was established in 1851 by Lieutenant Colonel Edwin V. Sumner as a guardian and protector of the Santa Fe Trail. During it's forty-year history, three different forts were constructed close together.... More
Views of Fort Union National Monument, New Mexico
Fort Union was established in 1851 by Lieutenant Colonel Edwin V. Sumner as a guardian and protector of the Santa Fe Trail. During it's forty-year history, three different forts were constructed close together.... More
Kenneth McKensie and an Indian; Fort Union.
Kenneth McKensie and an Indian; Fort Union. ; March 1981 Public domain photograph of statue, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Child giving a rabbit to his mother; Fort Union.
Child giving a rabbit to his mother; Fort Union. ; March 1981
Showing a blanket; Fort Union. - Public Domain image, National Parks G...
Showing a blanket; Fort Union. ; March 1981
View of the gate; Fort Union. - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
View of the gate; Fort Union. ; March 1981
Man with a rifle; Fort Union. - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Man with a rifle; Fort Union. ; March 1981
Trading a deerskin; Fort Union.
Trading a deerskin; Fort Union. ; March 1981
Fort Union (Macy Mulcahey collection).
Fort Union (Macy Mulcahey collection). Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
People near a doorway; Fort Union.
People near a doorway; Fort Union.
Fort Union Rabbits - National Parks Gallery
Cottontail and Jack Rabbit at Fort Union
Independence Day Parade - National Parks Gallery
Laura Gonzales, Fort Union seasonal employee, in period clothing Public domain photograph related to US National Parks, Nature, conservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fort Union from the east - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Fort Union Trading Post in early March. The fort is seen across the prairie as one approaches from the east.
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel - Public Domain image, National Parks G...
Did you know thirteen-llined ground squirrels are rodents? These lively ground-dwellers differ from the Richardson's ground squirrel one sees at Fort Union in more than their distinctive fur pattern and colorin... More
Prairie grass at sunset - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
With the golden light of sunset illuminating the clouds behind them, shadow-blackened prairie grasses bend in an early May wind. These grasses viewed from below line one of the several former banks of the Misso... More
Bourgeois House, National Parks gallery
Post managers like Kenneth McKenzie, Alexander Culbertson, and Edwin Denig lived in the Bourgeois House, along with their families. Visitors such as the naturalist John James Audubon and the missionary Pierre-J... More
Beaver-toppled tree - National Parks Gallery
Because beaver are most often active at night, meaning they're nocturnal animals, Fort Union Trading Post's visitors most frequently sees signs that beaver are reside in or near the Missouri River where it pass... More
Inside Fort Union National Monument, Fort Union National Monument, 201...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Richardson's Ground Squirrel - National Parks Gallery
Colony-dwelling Richardson's Ground Squirrels such as this one peaking out from it burrow is a common mammal that spring and summer visitors are likely to see at Fort Union Trading Post. As with all animals, vi... More
Moonrise over Fort Union - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Seen from inside Fort Union's courtyard, a near-full January moon rises over the northeast bastion and east palisade. The Bourgeois House and fort flag pole are to the left and right of the moon. In the foregro... More