National Register of Historic Places

Medicine Creek Archeological District

Lower Brule, Hughes County, South Dakota
Listed
August 13, 1986
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
86002740

About this property

The Medicine Creek Archeological District, near Lower Brule, South Dakota, is an archeological district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It includes 1,271 acres (5.14 km2) of land in Hughes and Lyman counties. The listing included 21 contributing sites, including a village site. It was listed for its potential to yield information in the future. Medicine Creek is a tributary, coming in from the west, of the Missouri River. The district includes one or more sites dating from the Plains Woodland period (1-900 A.D.). It includes a village camp, White Horse (39HU88) which has unfortunately been severely eroded. It was listed as part of a study of the multiple prehistoric and historic archeological resources in South Dakota's Big Bend Area.

Location

Lower Brule, Hughes County, South Dakota

Categories

PREHISTORICHISTORIC - ABORIGINALHISTORIC - NON-ABORIGINALMILITARYEXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Medicine Creek Archeological District listed on the National Register?

Medicine Creek Archeological District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 13, 1986.

What type of historic resource is Medicine Creek Archeological District?

Medicine Creek Archeological District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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