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

• Main Author: Garth, Thomas
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: the Digital Archaeological Record
• Subjects: Cheyenne; Arikara; Yankton Sioux; Kiowa; Archaeological Overview; Reconnaissance / Survey; Site Evaluation / Testing; Fort Randall (39GR15); Fort Recovery; 39LM57; 39LM63; Fort Lookout Military Post; Fort Lookout Trading Post; 39BR10; Fort Lookout trading posts; Bijou's Trading Post; Cedar Fort; Sublette's House; Campbell's Trading Post; Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex; Domestic Structures; House; Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features; Agricultural or Herding; Reservoir; Cemetery; Non-Domestic Structures; Governmental structure; Historic governmental structure; Military structure; Saw Mill; Trading Post; Fort; Military Fort; Pre-Civil War; Block House; Ceramic; Glass; Building Materials; Metal; Charcoal; Allen Alteration Rifle; Cartridges; Glass buttons; Musket Balls; Snow Sliders; Chinaware; Trade Pipes; Bottle Glass; Brick; Ironstone; Nails; Burned Earth; Iron Arrow; Iron knife Scrapper; Pottery Sherd; Tin Utensils; Toothed Hide scraper; Bone Toothed Fleshers; Buffalo Gun; Bottles; Brass; Pewter; Porcelain; Mother of Pearl; Gun Flint; Antler; Kitchen Wares; Spikes; Fur Trade; American Fur Company; Hudson Bay Company; Whetstone Indian Agency; Leavenworth Expedition; Missouri Fur Company; French Fur Company; Hudson Bay; Indian; Hudson; Flint; Lookout; Randall; Buttons; Crow Creek; Pontoon Creek
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.6067:XCV8C82CF8_meta$v=1494454488597

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.