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Across the Missouri River from Fort Pierre is the state capital of South Dakota, Pierre. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 3.16 square miles (8.18 km 2 ), of which 3.11 square miles (8.05 km 2 ) is land and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km 2 ) is water.
Fort Pierre Chouteau, also just Fort Pierre, was a major trading post and military outpost in the mid-19th century on the west bank of the Missouri River in what is now central South Dakota. Established in 1832 by Pierre Chouteau, Jr. of St. Louis, Missouri , whose family were major fur traders, this facility operated through the 1850s.
Stanley County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,980. [1] Its county seat is Fort Pierre. [2] The county was created in 1873, and was organized in 1890. [3] It is named for David S. Stanley, a commander at Fort Sully from 1866 to 1874, which was located nearby. [4]
August 7, 1974 (Off U.S. Route 83: Fort Pierre: 9: Lower Antelope Creek Site: September 15, 1982 (Address Restricted: Fort Pierre: 10: Old Fort Pierre School: Old Fort Pierre School
The Verendrye Site is an historical archaeological site off Verendrye Drive in Fort Pierre, Stanley County, South Dakota, United States.Now a small public park, it is the place where the La Vérendrye brothers, the first known Europeans to explore this area, placed a lead plate bearing the crest of France, to claim the territory for their homeland, during their 1742-43 expedition to the Rocky ...
Pierre in 1943. Pierre was founded in 1880 on the east bank of the Missouri River opposite Fort Pierre, a former trading post that developed as a community.It was designated as the state capital when South Dakota gained statehood on November 2, 1889.
Also called Post at Lower Brulé Indian Agency or Fort Lower Brule. Fort Hutchinson: Yankton: Fort James: 1865: Also known as Fort la Roche or Fort des Roche. Camp Jennison: Roberts: 1863: Fort Lookout: Brule: 1856: Camp Marshall: Grant: 1863: Fort Meade: Meade: 1878: Known in its early days as Camp Ruhlen and Camp Sturgis. New Fort Pierre ...
Fort Pierre National Grassland is a United States National Grassland in central South Dakota, south of the capital city Pierre and its neighbor Fort Pierre. The national grassland is primarily a mixed-grass prairie and has a land area of 115,890 acres (46,900 ha). [2] In descending order of area it lies in parts of Lyman, Stanley, and Jones ...