Taopi Township near Colton in Minnehaha County, South Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Bethania Lutheran Church

December 11, 2023

1. Bethania Lutheran Church Marker

Inscription.
From 1906 to 1928 this was the site of Bethania Lutheran Church which is now a part of First Lutheran of Colton

Bethania Charter Members:
Mikkel Aker · Peder L. Aker · Peter P. Aker · Jens M. Berdahl · Mrs. Kristi Berge · Ole Berge · Solomon Driveness
Halvor H. Dybvig · Mrs. Karen Eggen · Gotskalk Myre · Reinert Ness · Isaac Olson · Markus Olson · Tom Questad
Andreas Trygstad · Peter P. Valland · Halvor Vik · Jacob Wastun · Orm Waswick · Sivert O. Wold

Bethania Pastors
Rev. G. O. Wigdahl, 1906-1919
Rev. O. Steensland, 1919-1928

In thankfulness to God and in honor of the hardy God-fearing pioneers who settled in this community and among whom were Halvor and Rachel Dybvig who gave this land for church and cemetery where they broke sod in 1890, we their living children erect this plaque in grateful remembrance in this year of our Lord 1968.

Henry G. Dybvig · Mary S. Dybvig
Roy E. Dybvig · Philip S. Dybvig
Ann J. Dybvig · Edwin S. Dybvig

Erected 1968 by the children of Halvor and Rachel Dybvig.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed

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in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Norwegian-Americans series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1906.

Location. 43° 49.37′ N, 96° 58.231′ W. Marker is near Colton, South Dakota, in Minnehaha County. It is in Taopi Township. It is on 462nd Avenue ¾ mile south of 245th Street, on the right when traveling north. Located in Bethania Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Colton SD 57018, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East River

and in Greater Sioux Falls.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

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 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Huntimer (approx. 2.1 miles away); Taopi (approx.

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2. Bethania Lutheran Church Marker

2.4 miles away); John Edmund Colton / Founding of Colton (approx. 3 miles away); Colton Public Schools (approx. 3.2 miles away); South Dakota Central (approx. 3.2 miles away); Hartman, 1899-1916 (approx. 6 miles away); Doug Horsted (approx. 8.2 miles away); Willow Creek Lutheran Church (approx. 8.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Colton.

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3. Bethania Lutheran Church Marker

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