Golf in Fort Pierre

Fort Pierre is the Stanley County seat on the west bank of the Missouri River across from Pierre, the state capital. The two communities form a functional unit connected by bridges across the Missouri, with Fort Pierre serving as the western bank's commercial and residential extension of the capital city. Fort Pierre's frontier history — the site of multiple fur trading posts and a significant Native American trading point — gives the community historical depth, and the western bank's rangeland character maintains a working-western identity distinct from Pierre's governmental profile. Fort Pierre's western character persists in the ranch-focused social calendar, the rodeo traditions, and the sporting culture of a community rooted in livestock and open land.