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There are hundreds of historic sites in South Dakota State Parks. Below are just a few.

Historic Parks  ~  Historic Sites
 

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Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve

Restored 1930s home, country school house, church and log cabin. Displays in visitor center.

Bear Butte State Park

Sacred site for many Plains Indian tribes. Education center.

Custer State Park

Gordon Stockade, the home of Charles Badger Clark, the State Game Lodge, visitor centers.

Farm Island Recreation Area

Site of old Fort Sully and a Lewis and Clark expedition hunting area. Interactive displays in visitor center.

Fort Sisseton Historic State Park

Resored late 1800s fort. Guided walks and museum/visitor center.

Hartford Beach State Park

Prehistoric village site, burial mounds, old Robar log cabin trading post, ground depressions of early European settlers' homes.

Lake Herman State Park

Early American Indian camp, Herman Luce cabin and graves.

Mickelson Trail

Thirty interpretive signs along the 114-mile trail through the heart of the Black Hills.

Newton Hills State Park

Legends of horse thief hideouts and buried treasure. Old resort swimming pool.

Oakwood Lakes State Park

Burial mounds, site of old breastworks and Mortimer's cabin.

Randall Creek Recreation Area

Adjacent to old Fort Randall site and cemetery. Chapel from the 1800s.

Shadehill Recreation Area
Old buffalo jump site. Stories of Hugh Glass and George Armstrong Custer. Interpretive signs.

Sica Hollow State Park

Place of many American Indian legends. Roy family cemetery.

Spirit Mound Historic Prairie

Lewis and Clark stood at the top of Spirit Mound. Interpretive signs. Hiking trail to the summit.

West Whitlock Recreation Area

Replica Arikara lodge like the ones the Lewis and Clark expedition saw.

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Prehistoric Sites

• Big Stone Island Nature Area

• Custer State Park

• Hartford Beach State Park

• Lake Herman State Park

Significant American Indian Sites

• Bear Butte State Park

• Oakwood Lakes State Park

• Sica Hollow State Park

• Spirit Mound Historic Prairie

• West Whitlock Recreation Area

Early European Explorer Expeditions

• 1823   Hugh Glass, Shadehill Recreation Area

• 1843   John James Audubon, West Bend Recreation Area

• 1874-75   John Gordon, Custer State Park

Military Sites

• 1804-06   Lewis & Clark expedition, many Missouri River parks

• 1823   Long & Keating expedition, Big Stone Island

• 1863-66   Old Fort Sully, Farm Island Recreation Area

• 1864-89   Fort Sisseton State Park

• 1874   George Custer expedition, Shadehill Recreation Area,
            Bear Butte State Park, Custer State Park

Old Trading Post Sites

• Hartford Beach Recreation Area

• Farm Island Recreation Area

• Fort Sisseton Historic State Park

• Platte Creek Recreation Area

Early European Settler Cabins

• Adams Homestead & Nature Preserve

• Beaver Creek Nature Area

• Big Sioux Recreation Area

• Custer State Park

• Hartford Beach State Park

• Lake Hendricks Lakeside Use Area

• Lake Herman State Park

• Oakwood Lakes State Park

Old Mill Site

• Palisades State Park

• Significant River-Crossing Sites

• Fisher Grove State Park

• West Whitlock Recreation Area

Country Schools Still Standing

• Adams Homestead & Nature Preserve

• Custer State Park

• Fisher Grove State Park

• Oakwood Lakes State Park

Railroad History

• Custer State Park

• George S. Mickelson Trail

• Indian Creek Recreation Area

Known Burial Sites

• Custer State Park

• Fort Sisseton Historic State Park

• Hartford Beach State Park

• Lake Herman State Park

• North Point Recreation Area

• Oakwood Lakes State Park

• Sica Hollow State Park

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