Fort Pierre Chouteau
Fort Pierre Chouteau Site | |
Fields at the site | |
| Nearest city | Fort Pierre, South Dakota |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 44°23′21″N 100°23′28″W / 44.38917°N 100.39111°W |
| NRHP reference No. | 76001756 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 3, 1976 |
| Designated NHL | July 17, 1991 |
Fort Pierre Chouteau, also just Fort Pierre, was a major trading post and military outpost in the mid-19th century on the west bank of the Missouri River in what is now central South Dakota. Established in 1832 by Pierre Chouteau, Jr. of St. Louis, Missouri, whose family were major fur traders, this facility operated through the 1850s.
It was for many years the largest trading post in the northern Great Plains and a major trans-shipment point for buffalo furs. The archaeological remains of the fort, located in Stanley County just north of the town of Fort Pierre, were declared a National Historic Landmark in 1991.