There is no one definite person who first settled in South Dakota.
Native Americans were the first people to settle in South Dakota.
Fur trappers and traders settled in South Dakota, especially the Black Hills, due to the many available animals.
The first American settlement in South Dakota was at Fort Pierre, which started as a fur trading settlement.
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No one specific person is credited with "finding" South Dakota. There have been people living in South Dakota for several thousand years. The "Mound Builders", the Arikara, and the Sioux were living in South Dakota before Europeans came to the area.The Verendrye brothers, probably Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Verendrye and Francois de La Verendrye, are the first known Europeans to travel through what is now South Dakota.
North Dakota and South Dakota in the year 1861. That is because North Dakota and South Dakota were first combined into one state called Dakota. Dakota got split into North Dakota and South Dakota in 1889.
North Dakota's capital city, Bismarck, would come first, before South Dakota's capital city, Pierre.
Fort Pierre, established in 1817, was the first permanent settlement in South Dakota.
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Heading south from North Dakota wiill take you into South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and finally into Oklahoma.
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Yankton (South Dakota) was the first capital of the Dakota Territory, from 1861 to 1883. The capital of the Dakota Territory was then moved to Bismarck (North Dakota) from 1883 until statehood for both states in 1889.
South Dakota's first school was built in the town of Vermillion in 1862. It was established shortly after the area was settled, reflecting the early emphasis on education in the growing frontier community. The school laid the foundation for future educational institutions in the state.
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