South Dakota's Timeline

By ngeggers
  • South Dakota

    South Dakota

    Lewis and Clark traveled through South Dakota.
    The first permanent American settlement was established at Fort Pierre by the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804.
  • General Clark Sends Manuel Lisa to control Native Americans along the Missouri River

    General Clark Sends Manuel Lisa to control Native Americans along the Missouri River

    General Clark sends Manuel Lisa to northern part of South Dakota, where he builds Fort Manuel, to control Indians along the Missouri River. Red Thunder, Flathead Yanktonais chief from Elm River, Brown County, with son, Waneta, and 22 Sissetons, enlist to serve English in war against Americans.
  • A treaty is signed

    A treaty is signed

    Yankton Sioux signs a treaty that grants much of eastern South Dakota to the US government and opens the land for settlement.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNTGD5CwQg8
  • Rumors of Gold in The Black Hills

    Rumors of Gold in The Black Hills

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  • South Dakota becomes a state

    South Dakota becomes a state

    Dakota Territory
  • Wounded Knee Massacre

    Wounded Knee Massacre

    Wounded Knee Massacre (The Ghost Dance)