CategorySioux Nation

Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts 11907 434th Avenue Lake City, SD 57247 605.448.5474 Email: [email protected] Walk the grounds where the officers' quarters, stone barracks, powder magazine, guard house, and other...

Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts Yellowtail Dam Visitor Center Phone: 406-666-2412 Fax: 406-666-2415 Fort Smith was established on August 12, 1866, to protect immigrants traveling on the Bozeman Trail from attacks by the...

Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts Historic Fort Snelling Fort Snelling History Center St. Paul, MN 55111 E-mail: [email protected] Discover an 1820s military outpost once the focus of a small settlement but now at the center...

Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts Fort Pierre Chouteau was a trading fort on the high Missouri River plain in the grandest, boldest sense. The late 18th and early 19th centuries were robust and fascinating times in the upper...

Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts The Fort Randall Military Post, located on the south side of the river just below the present site of the dam, was named for colonel Daniel Randall, a career Army officer who also served as...

Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts Phone: 701-328-2666 Fax: 701-328-3710 Email: [email protected] Website: www.nd.gov/hist Fort Rice State Historic Site -- Located eight-tenths of a mile southeast of the town of Fort Rice, this...

Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts Fort Ridgely Historic Site 72404 County Road 30 Fairfax, MN 55332 Phone: 507-426-7888 or 507-934-2160 [email protected] History In 1853, the U.S. military started construction on Fort...