“Fort Vermillion”
412
1966
Clay
(Note: any text in italics has been taken from the official SDSHS records.)
Marker Text
On May 8, 1833, the American Fur Co. steamer Yellowstone stopped on the river bank to the south and put Francois LeRoi ashore to set up a fur post which remained as such until 1851. In 1845, James Emmett led a party of 200 Mormons west from Nauvoo, Illinois and they wintered 1845-46 at Fort Vermillion.
Location
Clay County, At Burbank on County road south of RR track