Fort Van Buren

Fort Van Buren (1835-1842) - An American Fur Company Fort and trading post established by Samuel Tullock in 1835 near Rosebud, Rosebud County, Montana. Named Fort Van Buren after President Martin Van Buren. Abandoned in 1842. History Established as a American Fur Company (AFC) trading post in 1835 under the direction of Samuel Tullock for trade with the Crow Indians. The post was located on the south side of the Yellowstone River at the mouth of the Rosebud River. In May 1842 Charles Larpenteur was sent to Fort Van Buren to bring the fur returns for the season back to Fort Union he was also instructed to burn down Fort Van Buren and to build a new Fort at Adams Prairie. To accomplish these tasks Larpenteur headed a party of ten men. He named the new fort, Fort Alexander, after Mr. Alexander Culbertson who was then in charge of Fort Union and who had sent Larpenteur on his mission. Current Status No Remains. {"selectable":false,"height":"-500","width":"-500"} Location: Rosebud, Rosebud County, Montana. Maps & Images Lat: 46.271942 Long: -106.474470 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 2,487' GPS Locations: 46.271942, -106.474470 Fort Van Buren See Also: Fort Union Sources: Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 479 MacDonald, John G., History of Navigation on the Yellowstone River, 1950, Montana State University, (Pdf) USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: ..... Links: North American Forts - Fort Van Buren Montana Gazeteer - Fort Van Buren (historical) (GPS Location) Fortification ID: MT0208 - Fort Van Buren Visited: No