by wpx_HistoricPierreFortPierre | Dec 13, 2018 | Fort Pierre
04 E. Main, Ft Pierre, SD 57532 – Corner of Main Street and Hwy 83 The original Log Cabin Visitor Center (30’ x 50’) was built in 1975 with log walls/beams, cedar shake shingle roofing, pine wood ceiling/flooring, and a full basement costing $36,738.38. It is...
by wpx_HistoricPierreFortPierre | Dec 13, 2018 | Fort Pierre
A major encounter which affected the destiny of all inhabitants of the region occurred in Fort Pierre on September 24-28, 1804. At the mouth of the Bad River, in present-day Fischers Lilly Park members of Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery met for the first time...
by wpx_HistoricPierreFortPierre | Dec 13, 2018 | Fort Pierre
One of the famous trails is the Fort Pierre to Deadwood Trail (1876 to 1906) which began where steamboats would dock at the end of Hustan Ave in Fort Pierre near the southwest end of the present Colonel Waldron Missouri River Bridge. The goods would be transferred to...
by wpx_HistoricPierreFortPierre | Dec 13, 2018 | Fort Pierre
Located behind the Log Cabin Visitor Center, downtown Fort Pierre Sansarc School built in 1910 and used actively as a school until 1969. Purchased and moved to Gene Stoeser ranch in 1973. Gene then brought schoolhouse to Ft Pierre to be used as a museum in 1975....
by wpx_HistoricPierreFortPierre | Dec 13, 2018 | Fort Pierre
Verendrye Road near Fort Pierre The Verendrye Monument, on Verendrye Hill overlooking the city of Fort Pierre just northwest of where the Bad and Missouri Rivers come together, is one of only a few verifiable sites associated with the first Europeans to explore the...