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Philip in Haakon County, South Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Molyneux Cabin

 
 
Molyneux Cabin Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 18, 2016
1. Molyneux Cabin Marker
Inscription. Built in the Black Hills by Cyrus M. Molyneux in 1888. Moved in 1896 to North Fork, in Haakon County. Three terms of school were held in it with Molyneux as teacher. Donated by Allen Gee. Reconstruction completed, on Museum plot in 1982.
Funded by Mary Chilton D.A.R. Foundation

 
Erected by Mary Chilton D.A.R. Foundation.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1888.
 
Location. 44° 2.542′ N, 101° 39.998′ W. Marker is in Philip, South Dakota, in Haakon County. It is at the intersection of North Larimer Avenue (State Highway 73) and Bryan Street, on the right when traveling north on North Larimer Avenue. Marker is a metal plaque, mounted at eye-level, directly on the front door of the subject building. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Philip SD 57567, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and in West River. It is also in the American Lewis & Clark Corridor,
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on the prairies, and on the Northern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least one other marker is within walking distance of this marker: Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern (approx. 0.3 miles away).
 
Molyneux Cabin (<i>wide view; marker visible on front door</i>) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 18, 2016
2. Molyneux Cabin (wide view; marker visible on front door)
Molyneux Cabin (<i>southeast corner view from Larimer Avenue</i>) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 18, 2016
3. Molyneux Cabin (southeast corner view from Larimer Avenue)
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 21, 2018. It was originally submitted on October 19, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 433 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on October 20, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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