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Riverside Cemetery Civil War Monument

 
 
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July 16, 2025
1. Riverside Cemetery Civil War Monument
Inscription.
To the Veterans of the Civil War by Huron W. R. C.

Flagpole marker:
Given in Loving Memory
Kuhler Funeral Home | Those Who Have Gone Before
Donald B. Urquhart | Urquhart Family
Phyllis Cogswell | Mark Cogswell Family
G. C. Bindewald | Bindewald Family
Gorham Family | Larry Gorham
Timothy Family | Delbert Timothy
Daugherty Family | Lt. Col. Edward Daugherty
Dolores J. Tyrrell | Robert H. Tyrrell
Marjorie Burns Shanard | Ruth Thomas Burns
Dick & Doris Small | Grampa Leighton Family
Small Kids | Carl, Herb, Inez, Leighton
James River Lodge #32 | Until We Meet Again
Larry E. Cross | Arthur & Hazel Boyd
 
Erected by Huron W. R. C.
 
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 44° 20.428′ N, 98° 11.923′ W. Monument is near Huron, South Dakota, in Beadle County. It is in Custer Township. It can be reached from 21st Street Southeast east of Riverview Drive, on the left when traveling west. Located in Riverside Cemetery. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Huron SD 57350,
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United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in East River and specifically in the James River Valley. 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: William E. Ferguson Square (approx. 1½ miles away); Huron College (approx. 1½ miles away); History of Huron College / Huron University (approx. 1½ miles away); Dr. Karl J. Blessinger (approx. 1.6 miles away); Dr. Jeffrey S. Wheeler (approx. 1.6 miles away); Huron Public Library (approx. 1.6 miles away); Campbell Park Historic District (approx. 1.6 miles away); Dr. Howard L. Saylor, Jr. (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Huron.
 
Riverside Cemetery Flagpole Marker image. Click for full size.
July 16, 2025
2. Riverside Cemetery Flagpole Marker
Riverside Cemetery Memorial Birdbath image. Click for full size.
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3. Riverside Cemetery Memorial Birdbath
"To The Unknown"
Riverside Cemetery Civil War Monument image. Click for full size.
July 16, 2025
4. Riverside Cemetery Civil War Monument
 
 
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