Historic Highway – Brule
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The Fort Ridgely and South Pass Federal Wagon Road, surveyed and mounded in 1857 crossed here from NE to SW. First public road in the South Dakota area.
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More markers in Brule
St. Joseph’s Indian School
Chamberlain, SD
St. Joseph’s Indian School, formerly St. Viator College, Originally Government Indian School established June 21, 1897.
Chamberlain
Chamberlain, SD
1880 Named for Selah Chamberlain, Milwaukee RR official, the site was scene of an encounter between Jean Baptiste Trudeau and the Teton...
Brule City
BRULE CITY first county seat, 1879, was 4.9 miles due W and 2½ miles SW near river.
American Creek
Noted but not named by Lewis & Clark, kit was called Beaver Creek in 1857 by the Nobles Trail which crossed it 5 miles upstream on a...
Lewis and Clark Memorial Bridge At Chamberlain
Dedicated July 7, 1974 By Governor Richard R. Kneip Meriwether Lewis and William Clark with their party camped at several points near...