Ipswich in Edmunds County, South Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Ipswich Memorial Arch

Photographed By Ruth VanSteenwyk, December 20, 2015

1. Ipswich Memorial Arch South Post East Side

Inscription. Plaque South Post East Side. This pillar of the Memorial Arch of Ipswich is erected in honor of the valiant men of the Community of Ipswich who answered our country's call to arms in the World War 1917-1918 and as an everlasting monument to those who so nobly made the supreme sacrifice. William C. Dickerson Clarence W. Elstad Clifford Evans Einer Jorgenson William Keppler Adolph Forkel Carl Neis Benjamin J. Picton Walter L. Stanard Harry A. Stroup Andrew Schaurer Matt Kirzinger Plaque North Post West Side. This pillar of the Memorial Arch of Ipswich is erected as a lasting tribute to the Vision, Foresight and Tireless Energy of Joseph W. Parmley and his co-workers who in 1912 founded the greatest of our trans-continental highways, the Yellowstone Trail. The first portion of the Yellowstone Trail was built from Ipswich its home, east to Aberdeen. From that beginning this great highway grew to span our nation from Plymouth Rock to Puget Sound. Sign on North Post East Side and South Post West Side Home of the Yellowstone

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Trail Organized 1912 Highway U.S. 12 Park Marker Charles Collier Memorial Roadside Park

Erected by Funding for Ipswich Memorial Arch was provided by the Mary Chilton Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution through the Mary Chilton Dar Foundation Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (Marker Number 645.)

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Roads & Vehicles • War, World I. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the South Dakota State Historical Society Markers series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1922.

Location. 45° 26.862′ N, 99° 2.107′ W. Marker is in Ipswich, South Dakota, in Edmunds County. Memorial is at the intersection of U.S. 12 and 8th Street, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 12. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ipswich SD 57451, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 2 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Medicine or Prayer Rock (approx. 0.4 miles away); Welsh Colony at Powell (approx. 11 miles away).

Also see . . . Ipswich, South Dakota. This