![]() ![]() Seventeen men then spent "the first winter" in Sioux Falls. ![]() They built a temporary barricade of turf which they dubbed "Fort Sod", in response to native tribes attempting to defend their land from the settlers. Each laid out 320-acre (1.3 km 2) claims, but worked together for mutual protection. Paul and the Western Town Company of Dubuque, Iowa organized in 1856 to claim the land around the falls, considered a promising townsite for its beauty and water power. Two separate groups, the Dakota Land Company of St. Jacob Ferris described the Falls in his 1856 book "The States and Territories of the Great West". Captain James Allen led a military expedition out of Fort Des Moines in 1844. The first documented visit by an American of European descent was by Philander Prescott, who camped overnight at the falls in December 1832. įrench voyagers/explorers visited the area in the early 18th century. Lakota populate urban and reservation communities in the contemporary state and many Lakota, Dakota, and numerous other Indigenous Americans reside in Sioux Falls today. Indigenous people maintained an agricultural society with fortified villages, and the later arrivals rebuilt on many of the same sites that were previously settled. ![]() Numerous burial mounds still exist on the high bluffs near the river and are spread throughout the general vicinity. Ho-Chunk, Ioway, Otoe, Missouri, Omaha (and Ponca at the time), Quapaw, Kansa, Osage, Arikira, Dakota, and Cheyenne people inhabited and settled the region previous to Europeans and European descendants. The lure of the falls has been a powerful influence. The falls were created about 14,000 years ago during the last ice age. The history of Sioux Falls revolves around the cascades of the Big Sioux River. Main articles: History of Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Timeline of Sioux Falls, South Dakota Looking south on Main Avenue ![]()
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