Williston New Town Watford City Stanton Mandan Fort Yates Washburn Bismarck THE LEGENDARY TRAIL While here, the Corps of Discovery met Native American tribes including Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara. Follow the trail to ON-A-SLANT INDIAN VILLAGE near Mandan where you can explore six reconstructed earth lodges. Then visit KNIFE RIVER INDIAN VILLAGES NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE near Stanton to learn more about the people living here when they arrived. Visit the LEWIS AND CLARK INTERPRETIVE CENTER in Washburn to learn the story of the expedition and its time with the Mandan and Hidatsa tribes. See real artifacts from the expedition and exhibits of the region’s First Farmers. Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center, near Williston Near the interpretive center, see FORT MANDAN STATE HISTORIC SITE . Fort Mandan State Historic Site, near Washburn Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, near Williston This is the reconstructed winter base where Lewis and Clark spent the winter of 1804-1805. Here, they met Sakakawea, the Native American woman who would become invaluable on their journey. West of Williston, the MISSOURI-YELLOWSTONE CONFLUENCE INTERPRETIVE CENTER marks the con uence of these two mighty rivers, and highlights the fur trade era and the Corps of Discovery. See the same views the Lewis and Clark Expedition enjoyed and visit FORT UNION TRADING POST NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE . FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT On-A-Slant Indian Village, near Mandan NDtourism.com/lewisandclark NDtourism.com 53
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