Verendrye Site, Fort Pierre

Name: Verendrye Site
Address: Fort Pierre, United States

#1 among attractions in Fort Pierre

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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 crest of France, to claim the territory for their homeland, during their 1742-43 expedition to the Rocky Mountains. ()

Coordinates: 44°21'22"N, 100°22'55"W

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Verendrye Site – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: South Dakota State Capitol, South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center, Dakota, South Dakota State Historical Society.

1.9 miNE
Museum, Architecture, History museum
South Dakota State Capitol, Pierre
50 min walk • The South Dakota State Capitol is the state capitol building of the U.S. state of South Dakota. Housing the South Dakota State Legislature, it is located in the state capitol of Pierre at 500 East Capitol Avenue.
2.5 miNE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center, Pierre
63 min walk • The South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre, South Dakota, is the headquarters of the South Dakota State Historical Society. Opened in 1989, the center houses the State Historical Society’s administrative, historic preservation, and research and publishing offices.
1.3 miNE
Bridge
Dakota, Pierre
34 min walk • The Chicago and North Western Railroad Bridge is a bridge on the National Register of Historic Places in Pierre, South Dakota. The Pennsylvania through truss bridge is 2,200 feet long and has two spans. The bridge's second span is a swing span; the bridge is the only extant swing bridge in South Dakota.
2.4 miNE
Museum, Art museum, History museum
South Dakota State Historical Society, Pierre
62 min walk • The South Dakota State Historical Society is South Dakota's official state historical society and is located in Pierre, South Dakota at 900 Governors Drive. It is a part of the South Dakota Department of Education.
1.8 miNE
Church
Methodist Episcopal Church, Pierre
46 min walk • The Methodist Episcopal Church built in 1910 is an historic Methodist church located at 117 Central Avenue, North in Pierre, South Dakota. The original congregation, which dates from 1880, moved in 1881 from rented halls to its first building on Fort Street. In 1883 it moved to a building on the present Central Avenue site.
0.4 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Fort Pierre Congregational Church, Fort Pierre
10 min walk • The Fort Pierre Congregational Church is a historic church in Fort Pierre, South Dakota. It was built in 1908–09 and was added to the National Register in 1977 as the United Church of Christ, Congregational.