Fort Pierre on the Missouri
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Artist
Karl BodmerBirth and death dates
1809 - 1893Artist Nationality
SwissTitle
Fort Pierre on the MissouriDate
April 29, 1834Dimensions
10 13/16 × 16 13/16 in. (27.5 × 42.7 cm)Medium
Graphite on paperInstitution
Joslyn Art MuseumCredit Line
Gift of the Enron Art FoundationAccession Number
1986.49.163Rights (i.e. copyright information)
Joslyn Art MuseumPhotographer credit
Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019Commentary
Past the mouth of the White River and the Sioux agency at Fort Lookout on May 25, the Yellow Stone reached the Teton River on May 30 and stopped at Fort Pierre, named for Pierre Chouteau of the American Fur Company. Here 7,000 buffalo hides were loaded aboard the Yellow Stone for shipment downriver to St. Louis. Maximilian and his companions continued upriver toward Fort Clark on the steamer Assiniboine. Erected near the remains of an earlier abandoned post, Fort Pierre was at this time one of the largest settlements of the fur company on the Missouri. Bodmer's sketch of this place as observed from a distant rise was made on April 29, 1834, on the return voyage downriver. A finished rendering appeared as Tableau 10 in the atlas of aquatints published in Europe. The modern Pierre, South Dakota, now stands across the river from this site.
References in Journal
May 30, 1833Approximate Depicted Location:
Fort Pierre, South Dakota