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'''Location:''' Sioux Falls, Minehaha, South Dakota.
'''Location:''' Sioux Falls, Minehaha, South Dakota.


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* Elevation: 1,470'
* Elevation: 1,470'
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Revision as of 10:03, 29 May 2010

Fort Dakota (1865-1869) - First established 1 May 1865 by Capt. Daniel F. Eicher, 6th Iowa Cavalry, at the order of BG Alfred Sully. Abandoned in 1869.

Fort Dakota History

Current Status

Only a marker remains.

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Location: Sioux Falls, Minehaha, South Dakota.

Maps & Images

Lat: 43.548844 Long: -96.727393

  • Multi Maps from ACME
  • Maps from Bing
  • Maps from Google
  • Elevation: 1,470'

Sources:

  • Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 728
  • Barnes, Jeff, Forts of the Northern Plains - Guide to Historic Military Posts of the Plains Indian Wars, Copyright 2008, Stackpole Books, ISBN 13: 978-0-8117-3496-7, ISBN 10: 0-8117-3496-X, page 144-145

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