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Pierre (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 44 22 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 44.3667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 100 21 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -100.3500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in center of state, on Missouri River; began as W terminus of Chicago & North Western Railway & grew as shipment point for nearby mining & agricultural industries; Fort Pierre, across the river, was fur-trade capital of NW 1817-1867. |
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| Pierre (preferred,C,V)
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............ | renamed in 1880 after Pierre Chouteau, a French fur trader |
| Mahto (H,V)
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| Mato (C,V)
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Hughes (county) (P) |
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Pierre (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded in June of 1880 as Mahto (Sioux: "bear") on site of a Arikara Amerindian settlement |
| city (C) |
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incorporated 1883 |
| state capital (C) |
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was temporary capital in 1889 & was officially chosen as permanent capital 1904 |
| county seat (C) |
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since 1880 |
| trade center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States) [7007713] |
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