Early Western Highway
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Fur trade route from Missouri River, Ft. Tecumseh (Pierre) to Ft. William (1832). John (1834) later Laramie via the Pass in the Badlands south of Scenic here led along the west side of White River and on down to the Niobrara. Harney’s Expedition of 1855, to overawe the Sioux Nation, passed approximately here.
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Fort Pierre
The oldest continuous white settlement in the area of South Dakota.
History Unfolds
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...
Verendrye Hill and Monument
HERE ON MARCH 30 1743 THE VERENDRYES BURIED A LEAD TABLET TO CLAIM THIS REGION FOR FRANCE.
Fort Pierre Chouteau
THIS TABLET MARKS THE SITE AND COMMEMORATES THE INSTITUTION OF FORT PIERRE CHOUTEAU TRADING POST, 1822-1864, ON THE UPPER MISSOURI RIVER...
Fur Posts
1817-1868 For half a century, the area near the Mouth of Bad River was one of America’s Fur Capitals.