Archeological Reconnaissance of Historic Sites in the Fort Randall Reservoir Area: a Preliminary Report

Author(s): Thomas Garth

Year: 1950

Summary

From July 19 to November 3 in 1930 a survey and excavation program was carried on to locate and if possible determine the physical appearance of historic sites which will shortly be flooded in the Fort Randall Reservoir area. An important feature of the program was to photograph the ruins and gather representative artifacts from each, to be placed in museums to help portray the site’s history.

The work was carried on for the National Park Service by the Smithsonian Institution as part of the Missouri River Basin Survey program.

This report includes a survey of Fort Randall, Handy’s Trading Post, Whetstone Agency, Brule Agency, Lower Brule Agency, Fort Recovery and Fort Lower Brule.

Cite this Record

Archeological Reconnaissance of Historic Sites in the Fort Randall Reservoir Area: a Preliminary Report. Thomas Garth. 1950 ( tDAR id: 227736) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8C82CF8

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Keywords

Culture
Arikara • Cheyenne • Kiowa • Yankton Sioux

Material
Allen Alteration Rifle • Antler • Bone Toothed Fleshers • Bottle Glass • Bottles • Brass • Brick • Buffalo Gun • Building Materials • Burned Earth • Cartridges • Ceramic • Charcoal • Chinaware • Glass • Glass buttons • Gun Flint • Iron Arrow • Iron knife Scrapper • Ironstone • Kitchen Wares • Metal • Mother of Pearl • Musket Balls • Nails • Pewter • Porcelain • Pottery Sherd • Snow Sliders • Spikes • Tin Utensils • Toothed Hide scraper • Trade Pipes Show More

Site Name
39BR10 • 39LM57 • 39LM63 • Bijou's Trading Post • Campbell's Trading Post • Cedar Fort • Fort Lookout Military Post • Fort Lookout Trading Post • Fort Lookout trading posts • Fort Randall (39GR15) • Fort Recovery • Sublette's House

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Block House • Cemetery • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Fort • Governmental Structure • Historic Governmental Structure • House • Military Fort • Military Structure • Non-Domestic Structures • Pre-Civil War • Reservoir • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Saw Mill • Trading Post

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
American Fur Company • French Fur Company • Fur Trade • Hudson Bay Company • Leavenworth Expedition • Missouri Fur Company • Whetstone Indian Agency

Geographic Keywords
46998 (Fips Code) • American Crow Creek • Chamberlain • Columbia River • Fort Randall Reservoir • North America (Continent) • Pontoon Creek • South Dakota (State / Territory) • Stoddard's Draw • United States of America (Country) • Whetstone Creek

Temporal Keywords
Historical

Spatial Coverage

min long: -104.058; min lat: 42.48 ; max long: -96.436; max lat: 45.946 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Anne Vawser

Contributor(s): Thomas Garth; Merrill Mattes

Prepared By(s): Missouri Basin Project, Smithsonian Institution

Record Identifiers

NADB document id number(s): 5602677

NADB citation id number(s): 000000240363

Notes

General Note: Relative tDAR resources were created in the past by the National Archaeological Database. All useful and important information has been combined into this current resource.

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