Lead. They happen to run into a couple of legislators who were in town. As they were showing off what they had found and they realized this is probably something important. Side, it isn one describing whon was going to bury it and a simple on the front of it. Probably stamped in paris before it came to the united states. On the backside, the names of the brothers who were here, verendrye, and the date. That is what so is excited to and know thate these explorers placed it on the hillside over in fort pierre. The verendrye brothers provides with the first nonidiot artifact none indian artifact in south dakota. What we found is the people were largely along the Missouri River in what is now south dakota. About the time of the signing of the declaration of independence, we see anthropologist understanding that the people that we know as in the sioux today ended up in the black hills. Act as that point and time, they started to dominate the Missouri River valley pushing the people further
Me is the dam that sits just to the north of pierre. 1962 by the army corps of engineers, 160 years after lewis and clark made they where made their way to this area up the missouri review. Come with us to the Historical Center to learn more about their journey. Although the lewis and Clark Expedition is a key to u. S. History, the idea of the expedition was to encourage American Travel up the missouri river, and more american trade with the American Indians. What the story is in south there is some interesting tales. First of all, when you come into south dakota you have Sergeant Floyd had just died where the current city of sioux city is. But where they got to what was now they elected patrick gass. Ave, york, was allowed to vote in that election, highly unusual situation. They got to the top of spirit mountain, they saw their first bison. There was acres and acres of bison on this flatland. These areter member, men coming from the eastern United States, who were used to trees and fo
Mr. Venhuizen pierre is a pretty small town as far as capitals go. About 13,000 people. Fort pierre is another 2500 people. Between the two, probably 15,000 people. Not only is it small, but it is pretty remote. It was selected as the state capital because it is in the middle of the state. But it is really a two or two and a half hour drive from any other sizable town in the state. That presents challenges. People have to drive quite a distance for meetings or two participate in the process. They can also be a challenge to attract people to the city to work for state government. Pierre is very much a company town. The state is by far the largest employer and it really dominates the economy here. When dakota territory was created in 1862, the original territorial capital was in yankton, in the far southeast corner of the territory. The territory was both north and south dakota. As the territory was settled, three distinct geographic areas emerged. There was yankton near sioux falls. You
Expedition is key in u. S. History, the idea of the expedition was to encourage more American Travel up the missouri river, and more american trade with the American Indians. What the story is in south dakota, there is some interesting tales. First of all, when you come into south dakota, you have Sergeant Floyd had just died where the current city of sioux city is. But it was when they got to what is now the city of elk point, south dakota, they elected patrick gass as the new sergeant. It was the first election held in south dakota. Interestingly enough, clarks slave, york, was allowed to vote in that election, highly unusual situation. Farther up the river, they found a mound, supposed to be inhabited by devils. Of course they had to see these devils. But once they got to the top of spirit mountain, what did they see . Their first bison. There was acres and acres of bison on this flatland. You have got to remember, these are men coming from me eastern United States, who were used to
[applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] interested in American History tv . Visit our website, cspan. Org history. You can preview programs, watch college lectures, archival films, and more. Cspan. Org history. To year, south dakota on American History tv. Located on the Missouri River, this capital city is the second smallest in the u. S. With a 13,000. On of just over with help from our Cable Partners in the next hour we will explode his we will e,plore the history of pierr beginning with the State Capitol building. Mr. Venhuizen pierre is a pretty small town as far as capitals go. Fort pierre is another 2500 people. Between the two, probably 15,000 people. Not only is it small, but it is pretty remote. It was selected as the state capital because it is in the middle of the state. It is really a two or two and a half hou