Fort Abercrombie State Historic Site

Point Of Interest

Contact

935 Broadway, Abercrombie, North Dakota

(701) 553-8513

Lkrueger@nd.gov

history.nd.gov/historicsites/abercrombie

FB/FortAbercrombieSHSND

Description

Fort Abercrombie is historically known as 'the Gateway to the Dakotas', which was the first permanent United States military fort established in what was to become North Dakota. The fort guarded the oxcart trails of the fur trade era, military supply wagon trains, stagecoach routes, and steamboat traffic on the Red River. The site was also a supply base for two major gold-seeking expeditions across Dakota into Montana.

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Features

Location

Lat: 46.444776 Lng: -96.718719