Vermillion in Clay County, South Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Vermillion / Historic Highway
August 13, 2021
1. Vermillion Marker
Inscription.
Vermillion, also, Historic Highway. .
Vermillion. August 24, 1804, Lewis and Clark camped near the White Stone (Vermillion) River and next day visited Spirit Mound 8 miles north. The military road, Sioux City - Ft. Randall after 1855 provided access, as did steamboats. A. C. Van Meter ran the ferry. In 1859 permanent settlers came as the Yancton Indians went to their reservations. The town was on the Missouri, under the bluffs, east of the Vermillion. Dr. Franklin Caulkins had a private school. The 1860 census credited the Vermillion area with 40 families and 215 people. John Ball surveyed the township that fall and Compton and Deuel had a store and a saw mill. Samuel B. Mullholland, the hotel keeper, became postmaster on April 17 and in August Brother C. D. Martin established a Presbyterian Church of logs. April 8, 1861 Abraham Lincoln located Dakota's Land Office here with Jesse Wherry and Henry Kennerley, Receiver and Register and on July 18th, Clark and Bedell established the Dakota Republican. Private schools continued until Captain Nelson Miner, Dakota Cavalry, built a permanent one the winter of 1864. November 25, 1872, the Dakota Southern reached here. In 1873 the village was organized and was incorporated in 1878. The 1862 Legislature named Vermillion site of the University but it was October 18, 1882, until first classes were held. Meanwhile the great flood of 1881 had wiped out the town below the bluffs moving the Missouri south to the Nebraska bluffs., So began a new era for Vermillion located atop the bluffs as now., Reverse
The Missouri River was Historic Highway. Historic Sites 1 Pacquette's Ferry 1855 2 Hotchkiss and Dexter Mill 1867 3 Willows 1861 Adelescat 1869 Jefferson 1873 4 14 Mile House 5 First Homestead in U.S. 1-1-1863 6 Fort Brule 1862 7 First Election in NW U.S. 8-22-1804 8 Fort Vermillion Fur Post 1833 9 Vermillion Fur Post, School, Church, Paper A First Catholic Church B St. Paul Lutheran Church C Lincoln P.O. 6-1804-00 D Post Vermillion 1823 E McClellan's Post 1805 F Fort Hutchson 1864 G Stanage Ferry 1859 H Greenway Ferry 1859 I Frost-Todd Trade Post 1859 J There are 16 historic markers located in Yankton the "Mother City" K Custer Campsite April 1873 L Jack McCall Hung 1877 M Custer Campsite 1873 N Lewis and Clark Council with Sioux 1804 O Spirit Mound 1804
Vermillion
August 24, 1804, Lewis & Clark camped near the White Stone (Vermillion) River and next day visited Spirit Mound 8 miles north. The military road, Sioux City - Ft. Randall after 1855 provided access, as did steamboats. A. C. Van Meter ran the ferry. In 1859 permanent settlers came as the Yancton Indians went to their reservations. The town was on the Missouri, under the bluffs, east of the Vermillion. Dr. Franklin Caulkins had a private school. The 1860 census credited the Vermillion area with 40 families and 215 people. John Ball surveyed the township that fall and Compton and Deuel had a store and a saw mill. Samuel B. Mullholland, the hotel keeper, became postmaster on April 17 and in August Brother C. D. Martin established a Presbyterian Church of logs. April 8, 1861 Abraham Lincoln located Dakota's Land Office here with Jesse Wherry and Henry Kennerley, Receiver & Register and on July 18th, Clark & Bedell established the Dakota Republican. Private schools continued until Captain Nelson Miner, Dakota Cavalry, built a permanent one the winter of 1864. November 25, 1872, the Dakota Southern reached here. In 1873 the village was organized and was incorporated in 1878. The 1862 Legislature named Vermillion site of the University but it was October 18, 1882, until first classes were held. Meanwhile the
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great flood of 1881 had wiped out the town below the bluffs moving the Missouri south to the Nebraska bluffs.
So began a new era for Vermillion located atop the bluffs as now.
Reverse
The Missouri River was Historic Highway
Historic Sites
1 Pacquette's Ferry 1855
2 Hotchkiss & Dexter Mill 1867
3 Willows 1861 Adelescat 1869 Jefferson 1873
4 14 Mile House
5 First Homestead in U.S. 1-1-1863
6 Fort Brule 1862
7 First Election in NW U.S. 8-22-1804
8 Fort Vermillion Fur Post 1833
9 Vermillion Fur Post, School, Church, Paper
A First Catholic Church
B St. Paul Lutheran Church
C Lincoln P.O. 6-1804-00
D Post Vermillion 1823
E McClellan's Post 1805
F Fort Hutchson 1864
G Stanage Ferry 1859
H Greenway Ferry 1859
I Frost-Todd Trade Post 1859
J There are 16 historic markers located in Yankton the "Mother City"
K Custer Campsite April 1873
L Jack McCall Hung 1877
M Custer Campsite 1873
N Lewis & Clark Council with Sioux 1804
O Spirit Mound 1804
Erected 1966 by the Vermillion Rotary Club and State Highway Commission. (Marker Number 413.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Exploration
Location. 42° 47.197′ N, 96° 56.279′ W. Marker is in Vermillion, South Dakota, in Clay County. Marker is on West Cherry Street, half a mile south of State Route 50, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Vermillion SD 57069, United States of America. Touch for directions.
3. Vermillion / Historic Highway Marker, from the east
August 8, 2021
4. Vermillion / Historic Highway Marker, from the west
Credits. This page was last revised on August 14, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 13, 2021. This page has been viewed 249 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 13, 2021. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.
