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The site of Fort Pierre Chouteau, a National Historic Landmark

The following is a list of forts in South Dakota.

Forts in South Dakota

The blacksmith shop at Fort Bennett
Fort Meade in 1888
Fort Randall
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2013)
Name County Built Notes
Fort Bennett Stanley 1870 Originally called the Post at Cheyenne (River) Indian Agency until 1878.
Camp Bradley Roberts 1863
Fort Brule Union 1862 Dismantled in 1873.
Fort Buckingham Custer 1890
Camp Burt 1875
Fort Cedar Sully 1856
Camp Cheyenne Meade 1890 Built in response to the Sioux Ghost Dance Uprising.
Camp Collins Lawrence 1875
Camp Cook 1863
Camp Crook Custer 1876 This Camp Crook was located in Custer.
Camp Crook Custer 1876 This Camp Crook was located near Pringle.
Camp Crook Lawrence 1876
Camp Crook Pennington 1876 Later evolved into the town of Pactola.
Fort Dakota Minnehaha 1865
Fort Defiance Custer 1874 Also known as Gordon Stockade, Union Stockade, and Camp Harney.
Fort Dole Charles Mix 1862
Camp Edwards Brookings 1857
Camp George Dewey Minnehaha 1898
Post at Grand River Indian Agency Corson 1870
Fort Hale Lyman 1870 Also called Post at Lower Brulé Indian Agency or Fort Lower Brule.
Fort Hutchinson Yankton
Fort James 1865 Also known as Fort la Roche or Fort des Roche.
Camp Jennison Roberts 1863
Fort Lookout Brule 1856
Camp Marshall Grant 1863
Fort Meade Meade 1878 Known in its early days as Camp Ruhlen and Camp Sturgis.
New Fort Pierre Stanley 1859
Fort Pierre Chouteau Stanley 1831
Camp Rains Shannon 1874
Fort Randall Gregory 1856
Camp Rapid Pennington 1925
Rapid City Blockhouse Pennington 1876
Red Canyon Station Fall River 1876 Also known as Camp Collier, Camp Jennings, Military Station, and Camp Red Canyon.
Camp Reynolds Meade 1859
Post at Rosebud Indian Agency 1878
Fort Sisseton Marshall 1864
Camp Stanton Custer 1890
Camp Success Custer 1875
Fort Sully Hughes 1863 Also known as Fort Bartlett.
Fort Sully Sully 1866
Camp Terry Meade 1875 Set up by the Newton–Jenney Party.
Fort Thompson Buffalo 1864
Camp Turtle Pennington 1875 Used by the Newton–Jenney Party.
Camp Warren Pennington 1857
Post at Whetstone Indian Agency Gregory 1870
Fort Yankton Yankton 1862

See also

References

  • Parker, Watson; Lambert, Hugh K. (1974). Black Hills Ghost Towns (1st ed.). Chicago, IL: The Swallow Press.
  • Payette, Phil; Payette, Pete (January 31, 2009). "South Dakota Forts". North American Forts. American Forts Network. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
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