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A view of the upper course of the Belle Fourche River in Devils Tower National Monument Course and watershed of the Belle Fourche River. The Belle Fourche River (pronounced bel FOOSH; Lakota: Šahíyela Wakpá [1]) is a tributary of the Cheyenne River, approximately 290 miles (470 km) long, in the U.S. states of Wyoming and South Dakota. [2]
NE of Belle Fourche: Belle Fourche: 5: South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 10-112-355: December 9, 1993 (#93001276) December 15, 1999: Diversion Dam Rd. over Crow Cr. Belle Fourche vicinity
Belle Fourche, French for "beautiful fork", [9] was named by French explorers from New France, referring to the confluence of what is now known as the Belle Fourche and Redwater Rivers and the Hay Creek. Beaver trappers worked these rivers until the mid-19th century, and Belle Fourche became a well known fur-trading rendezvous point.
The early human history of the Belle Fourche River Valley has been traced to about 3000 BC. The first people of the area were Native Americans who resided on the northwestern plains of North America. The earliest known evidence of human activity in the area dates to the Middle Plains Archaic Period of the Plains Indians (ca. 3000–1500 BC).
The Butte County Courthouse and Historic Jail Building is a historic site in Belle Fourche, South Dakota.The buildings were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998, with its significance being its association with the growth of local government in western plains communities, local figure Seth Bullock, and for making use of Classical architecture, representative of ...
South Fork Moreau River; Cheyenne River. Battle Creek. Iron Creek. Toll Gate Creek; French Creek; Fall River; Rapid Creek. Castle Creek; Belle Fourche River. Owl Creek; Redwater River; Spearfish Creek; Cherry Creek; Bad River; American Creek; White River. Wounded Knee Creek; Little White River; Niobrara River (Nebraska) Keya Paha River; James ...
The Belle Fourche Dam, also known as Orman Dam, is a dam on Owl Creek in Butte County, South Dakota, USA, approximately eight miles east of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, along U.S. Route 212. Its construction created the Belle Fourche Reservoir , the Belle Fourche National Wildlife Refuge, and the Rocky Point Recreation Area.
Through this strategy, Belle Fourche won the election for the county seat. [8] In celebration, a group of cowboys rode to Minnesela and stole the county books. [10] The Belle Fourche sheriff returned the books until an official transfer could be made. [6] By 1901, Minnesela was a ghost town. [3] Historic marker at the site of the post office ...