Stanley

Here, you are halfway from the mouth to the source of the Missouri.

Fur trade route from Missouri River, Ft. Tecumseh (Pierre) to Ft. William (1832).

Fur trade route from Missouri River, Ft. Tecumseh (Pierre) to Ft. William (1832).

Ft Pierre, SD

In Commemoration of the Missionary Priest Father Christian Hoecken S.J. 1808-1851 Who Near-by on June 13, 1840, first administered the...

The oldest continuous white settlement in the area of South Dakota.

THIS TABLET MARKS THE SITE AND COMMEMORATES THE INSTITUTION OF FORT PIERRE CHOUTEAU TRADING POST, 1822-1864, ON THE UPPER MISSOURI RIVER...

1817-1868 For half a century, the area near the Mouth of Bad River was one of America’s Fur Capitals.

Up the canyon on U.S. 14 to the west, the FT PIERRE-DEADWOOD TRAIL of 1876-86, the main artery of commerce to the “gold diggings” of the...

SD, SD

On the Ft. Pierre-Deadwood Trail of 1877-1886 was located where you see the Monument north of the Highway a short distance.

The National Register listed the Stockgrowers Bank and it is the single example of Romanesque Revival architecture in Fort Pierre.

HERE ON MARCH 30 1743 THE VERENDRYES BURIED A LEAD TABLET TO CLAIM THIS REGION FOR FRANCE.