Murray Hall is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built by Michael Murray in 1877 to house a mercantile business in the then thriving community.

Charles Larpenteur founded the town of
Fontainebleau in 1851, naming it after the
town in France that he was born near in
1807. Larpenteur spent most of his adult
life as a fur trader traveling up and down
the Missouri River. He wrote of this rough
life in his autobiography, "Forty Years A Fur

Little Sioux

Right: The grave of
Charles Larpenteur.
Below: The Little
Sioux American
Legion Post, one of
the few buildings still
standing from the
town's heydey.

Trader on the
Upper Missouri."
Fontainebleau
was eventually
eclipsed in
importance by the
neighboring town
of Little Sioux.
Nothing remains
today of the town
Larpenteur began,
while Little Sioux
struggles on.
Much of the town's
business district
has disappeared,
but Murray Hall,
built in 1877, is
still standing. It is
open from 8 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Tuesday
and Thursday.

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DINING
None.

SERVICES
River Mart
4364 Easton Trail
(712) 649-2041

LODGING
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