Where to Shop
Fort Pierre was born as a trading post where fur and buffalo robes were exchanged for guns, tobacco, salt, beads and other goods.
The city of Pierre grew up where passengers and freight congregated to cross the Missouri River. Its first commercial establishments — a drug store, grocery, clothing store, lumber yard and several saloons – established the tradition of providing to both resident and traveler the things that make prairie life pleasant and comfortable.
If you’ve come to the area to enjoy the outdoors, you’ll find stores to outfit you from hats to boots, guns to bait. Shopping for gifts with a South Dakota flavor? Choose among home-grown specialties such as buffalo or berry jam, or handcrafts reflecting native culture or displaying the best in contemporary workmanship.
And if you choose to make the Pierre area your home, you will find businesses in the river cities to provide all the services you need. From banking to health care, from realtors to radio stations, Pierre Area Chamber of Commerce members contribute to your enjoying life on the South Dakota prairie.
