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>  Fort Pierre Chouteau                           Mattie Goff-Newcombe, its
                 In the mid-1800s, Fort Pierre Chouteau         broader reach extends into the rich
                 was the largest trading post on the            culture which has made rodeo such
                 upper Missouri River, a thriving               an important part of South Dakota
                 community of traders, trappers and             history. Call 605.494.1094 or visit
                 Native Americans. Today, not much              www.caseytibbs.com.
                 remains of the fort’s wooden bastions
                 and buildings but the site is a National   >  Verendrye Museum
                 Historic Landmark.                             Named for the first Europeans to visit
                                                                South Dakota, the Verendrye Museum
              >  Casey Tibbs South Dakota                       houses pioneer relics. It's also home
                 Rodeo Center & Mattie Goff-                    to a reproduction of the lead tablet
                 Newcombe Conference Center                     that brothers Chevalier and Louis
                 The Casey Tibbs South Dakota Rodeo             la Verendrye buried in a bluff above
                 Center is a historical museum devoted          the Missouri River. Thereby claiming
                 to the sport of rodeo, its history and         the territory for France that eventually
                 its stars. Although the center collects        became the Louisiana Purchase. The
                 and displays rodeo memorabilia                 Fort Pierre Railroad Depot contains
                 of superstars like Casey Tibbs and             original telegraph railroad and local
                                                                memorabilia. Open Memorial Day to
                                                                Labor Day, call 605.223.7761.







































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