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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 ...
Smith's view contributed to the closing of the former Verendrye National Monument. The lead plate was found at Pierre, South Dakota, in 1913 and is now in the South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre. It is six by eight inches (15 by 20 cm) and similar to ones placed in the Ohio Valley.
(See: Verendrye brothers' journey to the Rocky Mountains) He worked to consolidate his hold on the chain of lakes that look like a single lake west of Lake Winnipeg, establishing Fort Dauphin (Manitoba), Fort Bourbon and Fort Paskoya. Back in France, Maurepas was growing increasingly irritated with La Vérendrye, who he thought was trading in ...
Verendrye Site. July 17, 1991 : Fort Pierre Stanley: 16: Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark: Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark ...
Fort Pierre is a city in Stanley County, South Dakota, United States.It is part of the Pierre, South Dakota micropolitan area and the county seat of Stanley County.The population was 2,115 at the 2020 census.
After 1713, France looked west to sustain its fur trade. The first Europeans to enter South Dakota from the north, the Verendrye brothers, began their expedition in 1743. The expedition started at Fort La Reine on Lake Manitoba, and was attempting to locate an all-water route to the Pacific Ocean.
The first European known to visit the Mandan was the French Canadian trader Sieur de la Verendrye in 1738. [21] The Mandans carried him into their village, whose location is unknown. [ 4 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] It is estimated that at the time of his visit, 15,000 Mandan resided in the nine well-fortified [ 15 ] villages on the Heart River; [ 24 ] the ...
Louis-Joseph Verendrye was born in Quebec. [1] He joined the family business in 1735, leaving Montreal with his father and travelling west to Fort St. Charles on Lake of the Woods. He assisted in re-establishing Fort Maurepas in 1736 and building Fort La Reine in 1738.