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Medicine Knoll

Hughes County, South Dakota
· Two miles south
History
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On July 4, 1839, Gen. John C. Fremont, the great pathfinder, and Joseph Nicollet, an eminent scientist, celebrated on this butte. On its top is a large serpent in boulder mosaic, a Sioux memorial.
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