| Summary: | Camp Whitney State Historic Site In Kidder County, 9 miles north of Tappen, this is the approximate location of a campsite used by the 1863 Sibley expedition following the Battle of Big Mound and may be the burial place of Dr. Josiah S. Weiser, whose death precipitated a July 24 battle. This state historic marker is one of three located within the site of the Big Mound Battlefield. The majority of the battlefield is on private property. Chaska Camp Banks State Historic Site151 In Burleigh County, 3 miles north of Driscoll, the site marks the approximate location of Camp Banks, an encampment used on August 2, 1863, by the Sibley expedition. Chaska, an Indian scout, died at Camp Banks and was buried in the fortification ditch that surrounded the campsite. A bronze interpretive plate on a granite column has been placed as a memorial. I 52 Fort Abercrombie State Historic Site In Richland County, at the eastern edge of Abercrombie, the site preserves the military post that served from 1857 until 1878 as the gateway to the Dakota frontier. Originally built without a stockade, a high log wall was erected during the Dakota Conflict of 1862, when the fort, filled with area settlers as well as its own garrison, was besieged by the Sioux for seven weeks. The first United States military fort established in North Dakota, it was a crossroads of several major travel routes through the northern plains. A museum at the site interprets the history of the fort and the area. Only one original building remains, but blockhouses and the palisade wall have been reconstructed. Open May 16-September 15. Fort Buford State Historic Site153 In Williams County, 6 miles west, 14 1/2 miles southwest, and 1 mile south of Williston, Fort Buford preserves the remnants of a vital frontier plains military post. Upon the recommendation of General Alfred Sully, Fort Buford was built in 1866 near the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers. After the abandonment of the American Fur Company's Fort Union in 1864, the area lost much of its importance as an Indian gathering place, and Fort Buford became a major supply depot for military field operations. Many prominent persons, military and civilian, visited this fort before its abandonment in 1895, including Generals Sherman, Sheridan and later J.J. "Black Jack" Pershing, then a young lieutenant enroute to Fort Assiniboine, Montana. Chief Joseph and his band of Nez Perce Indians were held here briefly in 1877 after their capture in the Bears Paw Mountains, and Sitting Bull surrendered here in 1881. Original features still existing on the site include a stone powder magazine, the post cemetery site, and a large officers quarters building which now houses a museum. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Open May 15-September 15. 52 Chapter 1 Places of Interest
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