Centre of Missouri Valley History

Centre of Missouri Valley History. . Here, you are halfway from the mouth of the source of the Missouri. Here was the centre of the Fur Trade for half a century, with eight different fur posts and two military posts within your vision. (See Map on reverse). This was, before white man came, an Indian capital. On this side, ½ mile above the dam and 25 miles downstream, were great bastioned fortresses. East of the river 10 miles North and 15 South were their counterparts. The remains of the downstream forts are to be seen today. Amid them were scores of Indian villages, cultivated lands. They were here in 1743 when Verendrye planted a leaden plate for France, four miles downstream. Here, in 1804 Lewis and Clark counciled with the Teton Sioux on this very dam site. Here, in 1811 the famous brawl immortalized by Washington Irving between Manuel Lisa and Hunt, leader of the Astorians, occurred. By 1817 there were permanent fur posts. Here in 1831, the Yellowstone, first steamboat, came to carry away the buffalo hides and decimate the fabulous herds. Here, in 1856, Harney counciled with the Sioux, the largest aggregation of Indians ever assembled. Here, Sully's expeditions of 1863 and 1864 against the hostile Sioux jumped off. Here was the steamboat head for the great Black Hills Gold Rush in 1876 and the railhead for its continuance from 1880 to 1886. This is Historic Ground., Reverse , The Missouri River was , Historic Highway. , There are markers or monuments at many of these sites. , Steamboat Wrecks , 1 Ada Belle 1923 , 2 Bachelor 1869 , 3 New Elia 1881 , 4 Sioux City No. 2 1873 , 5 Peoria Belle 1864 , 6 F. Y. Batchelor 1879 , 7 Lizzie Reed 1 901, Sites , F New Fort Pierre 1859-64 , G Old Fort Pierre 1831-56 , H Indian Mosaic 1780? , I Center Monument , J Fort Tecumseh 1822-31 , K Verendrye Monument 1743 , L Forts La Frambois I and Teton 1817 , M Old Fort Sully 1863-66 , Am. Fur Co. 1863 , N Ancient Indian Fort 1450? , O Narcelle Ranch 1856 , Warren Camp 1855 , P Fort George 1840 , Q Fort George Indian Fortress 1450? , R Loisel Fur Post 1802-09 , S Fort Bouis or Defiance 1845-46 , T Lower Brule Agency 1894, Historic Sites , 1 Medicine Rock - Now at Gettysburg , 2 Cheyenne Agency 1891-1958 , 3 Forest City 1883 - 1st County Seat , 4 Fairbanks - Ghost Town 1883-90 , 5 Jon Valle Trade Post 1 804 , 6 Rousseau Ranch and Cemetery , 7 Fort Bennett 1870-91 , 8 Fort Sully 2nd 1866-92 , 9 Hope Mission 1872 , A Oahe Mission 1873 , B Sully's Camp 1863 , C Fort La Frambois 1862 , D Fort Primeau 1863 , E Fort Galpin 1857