“Early Western Highway”
297
1960
Stanley
(Note: any text in italics has been taken from the official SDSHS records.)
Marker Text
Fur trade route from Missouri River, Ft. Tecumseh (Pierre) to Ft. William (1832). John (1834) later Laramie via the Pass in the Badlands south of Scenic here led along the west side of White River and on down to the Niobrara. Harney’s Expedition of 1855, to overawe the Sioux Nation, passed approximately here.
Location
Stanley County, US Hwy 14