[DOC] [TLE] History of South Dakota - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of South Dakota describes the history of the U.S. state of South 
Dakota over the ... Early settlers in what would become South Dakota were 
nomadic ... villages and were named for the low earthen burial mounds they 
constructed, many .... In 1817, an American fur trading post was set up at present-
day Fort Pierre,... [DOC] [TLE] Montana - United States History [PAR] French fur traders and trappers may have ventured into present-day Montana ... 
River and the Rocky Mountains was claimed by France and named Louisiana. ... 
established the first trading post, known variously as Fort Remon or Fort Lisa, ... 
Virginia City served as the territorial capital until it was moved to Helena in 1875. [DOC] [TLE] Happy 250th Birthday Saint Louis 2014 - Michael DeFilippo - Adobe ... [PAR] I also visited Choteau, Montana in Teton County, MT and Pierre, SD on that trip. 
... the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers was the first of many fur trading posts the 
Chouteau ... Montana and Fort Pierre, South Dakota, towns established as fur 
trading posts ... In 1764, a fourteen year-old named Auguste Chouteau - an agent 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Settlers Before Fargo is Founded - NDSU Libraries - North Dakota ... [PAR] Fort Union was established in 1828, serving as a base of operations for John 
Jacob ... The mixing of the early French traders and the Native Americans in the 
upper ... transportation for the fur traders and explorers in the early 19th century. 
... These men named above were practically the only settlers on the Red River 
south... [DOC] [TLE] Pierre | South Dakota, United States | Britannica.com [PAR] City, seat (1880) of Hughes county and capital of South Dakota, U.S. It lies on the 
... Pierre was founded in 1880 as the western terminus of the Chicago and North 
... Fort Pierre, across the river, was the fur-trade capital of the Northwest from 
1832 to ... buried a lead plate in 1743 (found in 1913) claiming the region for 
France. [DOC] [TLE] What's in a name? - Tri-City Voice Newspaper - Whats Happening ... [PAR] Feb 11, 2014 ... PIERRE, S.D. (AP), A rose by another other name would still smell as sweet, ... 
settlers who first came together on the lonesome prairie, the Capital ... Jacque,'' 
the name French fur trader Jean Trudeau gave it in 1794. ... Fort Pierre is named 
for an actual fort established by the fur trader Pierre Chouteau Jr. [DOC] [TLE] Early Development of Pierre and Fort Pierre - National Park Service [PAR] Located along the west bank of the Missouri River in central South Dakota, the 
Fort ... benefits the area had to offer and soon established fur trading forts across 
the plain. .... Pierre went through two more capital elections in 1890 and 1904. [DOC] [TLE] South Dakota - Facts for Now - Scholastic [PAR] Pioneering farmers first settled in eastern South Dakota in the mid-1800s. .... And 
the Fort Pierre National Grassland is south of the capital. .... Center in Mitchell 
displays paintings by the Dakota Sioux artist for whom it was named. .... After 
1743, other French fur traders established small trading posts along the James 
and... [DOC] [TLE] South Dakota  Travel guide at Wikivoyage [PAR] By the early 1700s, French fur traders had extended their interests into the Upper 
... Jr. founded an American Fur Trading post in the area known as Fort Pierre. 
Today, the cities of Fort Pierre and Pierre (the state capital), take their names from 
this fort. ... land raged between native Sioux tribes and settlers in the late 1800s. [DOC] [TLE] Kansas Timeline: Old West Kansas: Coronado to 21th Century KS ... [PAR] 1762--France lost the territory of Kansas to Spain. ... 1821--William Becknell, a 
Missouri trader, was the first to follow the route that later ... 1834 Bent's Fort (Fort 
William), a fur trade post on the upper Arkansas, was established. A Bent ..... 
1873/1874--German Mennonite immigration to Kansas and South Dakota from 
Russia. [DOC]

Question: This South Dakota capital was founded as a fort in the early 1800s & named for a French fur trader
Answer: Pierre