Vermillion in Clay County, South Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Vermillion
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Vermillion Marker image. Click for full size.

August 13, 2021

1. Vermillion Marker

Inscription. 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

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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.

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The Missouri River was
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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

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August 8, 2021

2. Historic Highway Marker

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 • Roads & Vehicles • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Rotary International, and the South Dakota State Historical Society Markers series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is August 24, 1804.

Location. 42° 47.197′ N, 96° 56.279′ W. Marker is in Vermillion, South Dakota, in Clay County. It 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.

Regionally, this marker is in East River.

It is also in the American Lewis & Clark Corridor,

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 8 other markers are within

Vermillion / Historic Highway Marker, from the east image. Click for full size.

August 13, 2021

3. Vermillion / Historic Highway Marker, from the east

walking distance of this marker: Clay County Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Capt. Arlo L. Olson (approx. half a mile away); Capt. Joseph J. Foss (approx. half a mile away); Col. George E. "Bud" Day (approx. half a mile away); Governor Andrew E. Lee (approx. half a mile away); Old Vermillion (approx. 0.6 miles away); Downtown Vermillion (approx. 0.6 miles away); The First Baptist Church, Vermillion, South Dakota (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vermillion.

Vermillion / Historic Highway Marker, from the west image. Click for full size.

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 708 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 13, 2021. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.

Vermillion⎯⎯⎯Historic Highway

Vermillion
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Historic Highway