Near Lake City in Marshall County, South Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Marshall County South Dakota

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Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, December 6, 2015

1. Marshall County South Dakota Marker

Inscription. The last county organized east of the Missouri, on May 2, 1885; it had been in Sheyenne County 1862; a gigantic Hanson 1870; coincident with Stone 1873; the north half of Day 1879 and was created by the 1885 Legislature and named for Governor William W. Marshall of Minnesota. Its high coteaus and many wooded lakes made it the early and happy habitat of the Cuthead Yanktonaise and Sisseton Sioux. White trappers and traders enroute from Lake Traverse to the Aricara villages on the Missouri near Grand River, visited it by 1800 and its first permanent resident was Joseph R. Brown in 1843 when he had a Fur Trade Post at Buffalo Lakes, near the SE corner, later sold to the American Fur Company. In 1864, following the Santee Sioux outbreak in Minnesota, Ft. Wadsworth, near its south central border was built to restrain the hostile Indians. It was a very strongly entrenched post and in 1876 was renamed Ft. Sisseton but was abandoned by the Military In June 1889. Reconstructed in the 1930s, it is the most authentic old fort in the Midwest and in 1959 was named as a state park. Not far distant is Roy Lake, with a most extensive

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shore line, another state park. The county's first post office was at Newark, June 15, 1883; John F. Pulver, Postmaster. Famous for fishing and upland game. Marshall County welcomes you.

Erected 1959 by Marshall County Highway Department.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Political Subdivisions • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is May 2, 1885.

Location. 45° 39.573′ N, 97° 13.825′ W. Marker is near Lake City, South Dakota, in Marshall County. It is on Route 10 one mile west of 450th Ave., on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lake City SD 57247, 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

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, December 6, 2015

2. Marshall County South Dakota Marker

least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Roberts County / Marshall County (here, next to this marker); Two Companions (approx. 2½ miles away); Two Sisters (approx. 2½ miles away); Two Brothers (approx. 2½ miles away); Little Paul Mazakutemani (approx. 3.6 miles away); Sieche Hollow (approx. 6 miles away); Zoar Lutheran Church (approx. 8 miles away); Stones from Log Flour Mill (approx. 8.8 miles away).

Also see . . . Marshall County South Dakota Wikipedia. (Submitted on December 16, 2015, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota.)

Credits. This page was last revised on December 26, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 16, 2015, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 570 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 16, 2015, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.