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.
Marshall County South Dakota. You Are Entering. 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 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.
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 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.
Location. 45° 39.573′ N, 97° 13.825′ W. Marker is near Lake City, South Dakota, in Marshall County. Marker 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.
Photographed By Ruth VanSteenwyk, December 6, 2015
2. Marshall County South Dakota Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 16, 2015, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 362 times since then and 42 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.