Chamberlain (South Dakota)
Chamberlain is a city in Brule County, South Dakota in the United States.
Geography
Chamberlain is the seat of the district of Brule County and is located on the left, here the east bank of the Missouri River. The town had the Census of the United States in the year 2010 2.387 inhabitants and an area of 16.9 km ². The geographical location is N 43 ° 48 ' 20 " W and 99 ° 19 ' 42". Its height above sea level is 428 m.
History
Chamberlain was founded in 1881, her namesake was Selah Chamberlain, a railroad operator. In the city, the South Dakota Hall of Fame.
Just a few kilometers north of Chamberlain, the National Historic Landmark is the excavations on Crow Creek massacre. The site has been protected since 1964 and registered since 1966 in the directory as a National Historic Site. This was about 1325 a population that was just to protect themselves on the outcrop of palisades and ditches, massacred by hostile attackers.
Rail transport
By the Chamberlain railway Marquette Rapid City leads the former Railway Company Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. Today, the section between Kadoka and Mitchell belongs to the state of South Dakota. The operation of the line is up to the Dakota Southern Railway. Due to the low transport volume and the bad condition of Oacoma -Chamberlain Railroad Bridge across the Missouri River traffic on the largest part of the route is set.
Indian Culture
The Akta Lakota Museum and Cultural Center in Chamberlain preserves the memory of the history and culture of the Plains Indians, particularly the Lakota in Missouri and the Dakotas and some of the Indian artists of the last century such as Oscar Howe. The by German missionary Father Hogebach the Heart of Jesus Medal SCJ Founded in 1927, St. Joseph's Indian School www.stjosefs.de has an attached boarding school for children of Indian families who live away from Chamberlain. Currently ( 19.03.2014 ) can accommodate up to 220 school children. The St. Joseph's Indian School is the largest employer in Chamberlain.