| Event | Year |
| Archaic Phase | 6000BC |
| Woodland Phase | 0001AD |
| Fort Yates Phase | 1500 |
| Huff Phase | 1600 |
| First Trader La Verendrye | 1738 |
| Fort Mackay Started | 1794 |
| David Thompson | 1797 |
| Sakakawea Arrives at Knife River (approximately) | 1798 |
| Lewis & Clark | 1804 |
| Alexander Henry | 1806 |
| Bradbury/Brackeridge | 1811 |
| Fort Clark established | 1822 |
| George Catlin | 1832 |
| Maximillian/Bodmer | 1833 |
| Move to Fort Berthold | 1845 |
| Stanton Post Office | 1882 |
| Big Hidatsa Village declared National Historic Landmark | 1966 |
| Congress authorizes Knife River Indian Villages National Historical Site | 1974 |
| Bicentennial Corps of Discovery | 2004 |
