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This picture is at Bellefourche

The pictue was taken just north of the old Fort Thompson site along the river north of Chamberlain

This is Southwest of the spillway of Big Bend Dam at Fort Thompson, SD. I think it is called the circle of nations.

This is the Spirit of the Circle Monument at Ft. Thompson SD. Lies between the town of Ft. Thompson and Big Bend Dam above the floodgates.

This area is on top of Big Bend Dam at Ft. Thompson on the north end of the dam. It is on the right hand side of the road going south across the dam--a nice place to stop. Look up the river and see the town of Lower Brule. It appears the circle denotes directions.

It is Wounded Knee

Dedicated in 2002 to over 1300 lives lost in the 1860s' , it is located at big bend

Memorial at the Big Bend Dam/Fort Thompson

Looks like a Medicine Wheel. Many are saying it is the Spirit of the Circle Monument at Big Bend Dam/Ft. Thompson, so I will go with that, too!

This is at Big Bend Dam by Ft Thompsom.

Spirit of the Circle Monument at Big Bend Dam, Ft Thompson, SD

These are on the northeast side of Big Bend Dam at Ft. Thompson.

By the dam at Ft. Thompson

I asked my students about the picture, and this is definitely toward the north end of the Big Bend Dam. Many of my students are from Fort Thompson, so I have to thank them for the answer.

Next to Big Bend Dam at Fort Thompson on the Crow Creek Indian Reservation. The Missouri River would have been close to a mile south of this location in pre-dam times. Lake Sharpe now lies just to the top of the photo.

this is at the air force base for the parade of soldiers???

Geographic Center of the United States, including Alaska & Hawaii. Near Belle Fourche.

North end of Big Bend Dam near Ft. Thompson.

This is just north of Big Bend Dam, on the west side of the road.

This location is to the SouthWest of the Emergency Spill-Way at Ft. Thompson

By Fort Thompson , near the dam. We saw it several years ago.

Fort Thomson near the dam what a great place.

We visited there a couple years ago and sat in the very center. It is near the Dam at Fort Thompson.

It is the Fort Thompson Dakota Indian Monument near Ft. Thompson in Buffalo County.

I'm guessing that it marks the geographical center of the U.S.

have viewed it on several occasions on my trips to and from lower brule @ ft. thompson Spirit of the Circle Mnmt. @ the Big Bend in Ft. Thompson.

Looks like the monument north of Big Bend Dam just before Fort Thompson.

It is by Big Bend Dam at Fort Thompson. St Joseph's Indian School in Chamberlain sent me items with the Circle on them.

this site is next to the spillway observation area at Big Bend Dam

Above the spillway in Fort Thompson. Without a doubt

This is in Belle Fourche

its between ft.thompson and big bend dam, kitty corner across from the spillway. dah

I believe this might be at Fort Thompson, SD. Near the damn.

It is the Spirit of the Circle Monument, located on Big Bend Dam, Fort Thompson, SD, a place to stop and remember history, honor and pay tribute to those who lost their lives during the early years of the founding of this country. Let us never forget who came before us and let us determine not to repeat the mistakes of the past.

It is near Ft. Thompson and the Big Bend Dam. I drive by it every time I go home to Wessington Springs.

This is located just west of Fort Thompson above the spillway.

Spirit of the Circle Monument/ Big Bend Dam

It's on Crow Creek Sioux Reservation in Fort Thompson, SD. It's near the Big Bend Dam, however, it overlooks the Missouri river on the opposite side of the road. It is dedicated to our Dakota ancestors who perished during our forced removal from our Minnesota homelands after the "Little Crow War" or "Dakota Uprising" in 1862. As a result of the war, 38 of our Dakota men were hung in Mankato, MN (the largest mass execution in US history) on December 26, 1862, and our people who had been imprisoned in Fort Snelling, MN, were forcibly marched out of Minnesota and then put on steam boats and brought up the Missouri River to Crow Creek, SD. Along the way many of our people died. Once they reached the reservation (then a prisoner of war camp), many more starved. It was a dark period. This monument recognizes those who died and is a reminder that despite a painful history (which happened just a few generations ago) we are are still here, because of the strength and adaptability of our ancestors.