Tabor in Bon Homme County, South Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Czech Museum

November 26, 2022

1. Czech Museum Marker

Inscription. This museum was built by the Czech Heritage Preservation Society in 2005. Funding for the museum was provided by the Mary Chilton Chapter - National Society Daughters of the American Revolution through the Mary Chilton DAR Foundation, Sioux Falls, S.D. and donation from our members and others. It is designed to display historical items of local interest and to preserve artifacts of our ancestors who settled in this area and established the town of Tabor which is "The Home of Czech Days".

Erected by Czech Heritage Preservation Society and Mary Chilton Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Education • Immigration. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 2005.

Location. 42° 56.887′ N, 97° 39.523′ W. Marker is in Tabor, South Dakota, in Bon Homme County. It is on Lidice Street south of Chicago Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 111 Lidice St, Tabor SD 57063, 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 7 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Tabor Log School (a few steps from

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this marker); Tabor Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Tabor (approx. half a mile away); Welcome to the Tabor Lakeside Use Area (approx. 6.1 miles away); First School in Dakota Territory Monument (approx. 7.1 miles away); Replica First Schoolhouse (approx. 7.1 miles away); Tyndall Veterans Memorial Park (approx. 10.6 miles away).

Also see . . . Tabor Czech Days. (Submitted on January 12, 2023.)

November 26, 2022

2. Czech Museum & Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 5, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 12, 2023. This page has been viewed 476 times since then and 23 times this year. Last updated on February 27, 2024. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 12, 2023. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.