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Near Fort Pierre in Stanley County, South Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Willow Creek Road Ranch Stage Station

— Old Deadwood Trail —

 
 
Willow Creek Road Ranch Stage Station Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Parker, June 29, 2025
1. Willow Creek Road Ranch Stage Station Marker
Inscription.
1876 • 1906
Old
Deadwood
Trail
Willow Creek
Road Ranch
Stage Station
At GPS: N44 24.122 W100 32.755

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 1876.
 
Location. 44° 22.747′ N, 100° 33.846′ W. Marker is near Fort Pierre, South Dakota, in Stanley County. It is on South Dakota Route 34 0.4 miles east of 277th Avenue, on the left when traveling east. The marker is just inside a fence on the North side of US 14/ SD 34. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 27539 SD-34, Fort Pierre SD 57532, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and in East River. It is also in the American Lewis & Clark Corridor, on the prairies, and on the Northern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies:
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Black and Yellow Trail Joined Old Trail Here (approx. 1.7 miles away); Centre of Missouri Valley History (approx. 8.3 miles away); History Unfolds (approx. 8.6 miles away); Stilling Basin (approx. 8.7 miles away); Fort Pierre Chouteau (approx. 8.7 miles away); Scotty Philip and his Buffalo Ranch (approx. 8.7 miles away); Fort Pierre Chouteau and the "Yellow Stone" (approx. 8.7 miles away); Rivers and Trails (approx. 8.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Pierre.
 
More about this marker. According to Google Maps, the coordinates on the marker are 1.8 miles NNE of the marker near 280th Street
 
Willow Creek Road Ranch Stage Station Marker looking west along US 14/ SD 34 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Parker, June 29, 2025
2. Willow Creek Road Ranch Stage Station Marker looking west along US 14/ SD 34
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 29, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 23, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 83 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 23, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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Nov. 10, 2026