La Verendrye Site
United States historic place in Fort Pierre, South Dakota. Added to the National Register in 1974, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
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 coat of arms of France, to claim the territory for their homeland, during their 1742–1743 expedition to the Rocky Mountains.
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The record
| Property type | Site |
| Address | Off U.S. 83, Fort Pierre, SD |
| County | Stanley County |
| Listed | Aug 7, 1974 |
| Reference number | 74001899 |
| Type of place | archaeological site |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 sites |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Off U.S. 83, Fort Pierre, SD |
| Coordinates | 44.35526, -100.37820 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Minuteman Missile National Historic Site · 88 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Nearby in Stanley County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 74001899. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.