🧿 Verendrye Site

United States · Americas · 44.36°N, 100.38°W

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 coat of arms of France, to claim the territory for their homeland, during their 1742–1743 expedition to the Rocky Mountains.

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Quick facts

Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	44.36°N, 100.38°W · view on map

Verendrye Site is located in United States, in Americas.

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