Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site (32WI17), Material Culture Reports, Part IX: Personal, Domestic, and Architectural Artifacts
Creators: name: DeVore, Steven Leroy
name: Hunt, William J.
Publisher: name: United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Midwest Archeological Center
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Upper Missouri River
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/17581/upper-missouri-river
subject: Williams County, North Dakota
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/21645/williams-county-north-dakota
subject: Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/76464/fort-union-trading-post-national-historic-site
subject: Historic Native American
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/30/historic-native-american
subject: Metis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/7502/metis
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Euroamerican
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/28/euroamerican
subject: Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/2797/fort-union-trading-post-national-historic-site
subject: 32WI17
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/2776/32wi17
subject: Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/256/domestic-structures
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
subject: Shell
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/14/shell
subject: Wood
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/15/wood
subject: Textile
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/16/textile
subject: Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1/ceramic
subject: Fauna
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/4/fauna
subject: Glass
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/6/glass
subject: Building Materials
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/8/building-materials
subject: Metal
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/11/metal
subject: Domestic Items
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/132336/domestic-items
subject: Furniture
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/73265/furniture
subject: Adornment
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/134129/adornment
subject: Pipes
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/20278/pipes
subject: Games
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/48634/games
subject: Fort
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/1288/fort
subject: American Fur Company
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/33864/american-fur-company
subject: Material Culture
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/3851/material-culture
subject: Architectural Items
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/134223/architectural-items
subject: Historic Site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/2259/historic-site
subject: Fort Buford
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/32987/fort-buford
subject: Bernard Pratte
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/135072/bernard-pratte
subject: Musical Instruments
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/31777/musical-instruments
subject: Hat Spike Escutcheon
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/135075/hat-spike-escutcheon
subject: Trading Post
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/3234/trading-post
subject: Grooming Items
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/135076/grooming-items
subject: Personal Items
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/38499/personal-items
subject: Pierre Chouteau, Jr.
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/135073/pierre-chouteau-jr
subject: Buttons
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/292/buttons
subject: Northwestern Fur Company
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/135074/northwestern-fur-company
subject: Native American Pipes
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/135079/native-american-pipes
subject: Firesteels
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/135080/firesteels
subject: Euroamerican Pipes
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/135077/euroamerican-pipes
subject: European Pipes
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/135078/european-pipes
subject: Appliances
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/135083/appliances
subject: Watches
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/135081/watches
subject: Housewares
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/135082/housewares
subject: Collections Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/3/collections-research

description: Fort Union served as the major trading establishment for the American Fur Company and its St. Louis descendants (Bernard Pratte and Co. and Pierre Chouteau, Jr., and Co.) on the Upper Missouri River between 1828 and 1865. In 1865, Charles Chouteau sold Fort Union to Hubble, Hawley and Smith, otherwise known as the North Western Fur Company. During its last years of existence, between 1864 and 1866, the traders shared the post's facilities with the U.S. Army, the latter utilizing Fort Union as a base of operations against the Northern Plains Indians. Fort Union was sold to the Army in 1866, which tore down its structures in 1867 to build Fort Buford two miles away. In 1965, the site of the old fort was acquired by the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) and renamed Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site. The NPS interpretive plans called for reconstructing the fort in its entirety. In order to obtain structural information concerning the fort, the NPS sponsored four seasons of archaeological investigations at the site between 1968 and 1972. During the course of this effort, thousands of artifacts were recovered. These remained largely undescribed and unanalyzed until 1982 when work was begun which eventually resulted in a series of reports describing the material culture of Fort Union. Nine volumes have been published, each focusing on a different subject or material object class. Part I is the foundation of the series, providing an overview and critical assessment of the fieldwork accomplished during the four seasons of work at the site. Each of the remaining reports relates to one or more particular material culture classes; i.e., food-related artifacts (Part II); personal and recreational materials (Part III); firearms, trapping, and fishing equipment (Part IV); buttons (Part V); vertebrate faunal remains (Part VI); building and construction materials (Part VII); artifacts associated with transportation, commerce and industry, and unidentified functions (Part VIII - in preparation); and personal, domestic, and architectural artifacts (Part IX). Although only nine parts were originally planned for the series, a decision to produce this tenth volume came about partly because new information became available relating to the Fort Union burials. However, it was primarily driven by the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act, which requires federal agencies to compile information on Native American burials and associated objects. This report is part IX of the series.