Although the uphill side of Deadwood's Main Street seems like a natural area for development, the neighborhood didn't get its start until the turn of the century, thanks largely to two factors: gunpowder and the stubbornness of Deadwood's first . . . — — Map (db m120997) HM
Englewood, once called Ten Mile, began as a stop along the Cheyenne-Deadwood Stage. Every 10 miles along the route there was a stoop where horses could be changed and riders could rest.
The town came to life when the railroad was built in . . . — — Map (db m168894) HM
Originally known as Ten-Mile ranch, this area served as a stagecoach stop on the Cheyenne to Deadwood trail in the 1870s. The name was changed to Englewood in 1891 when the railroad came through. It was easier for the telegraphers to tap out . . . — — Map (db m168893) HM
South Dakota's rich western heritage has been remembered along the inter-state highway system at safety rest areas and tourist information centers.
The eight pillars which thrust skyward here merge in the framework of a tipi, the Plains . . . — — Map (db m202618) HM
From 1876 to 1887, the Cheyenne and Deadwood Stage Route connected the Union Pacific Railroad with the gold mining regions in the Black Hills of Dakota Territory. A portion of this route once passed the location before you. In its heyday, this . . . — — Map (db m121086) HM
In 1895, the Lead Evening Call newspaper described the small community of Pluma, strategically placed between Deadwood and Lead, as ”One of the most thriving places around”. Soon after, Deadwood began marketing itself as the . . . — — Map (db m121100) HM
The Mail Building was constructed for Edward Warren in 1920. Warren had moved to Spearfish with his parents in 1888 with hopes of starting a newspaper. In 1889 they established the Queen City Mail. The Mail Building was built to house the . . . — — Map (db m221777) HM
First appeared on maps as Commerce City 1866. Its first postmaster was Benjamin Hill, appointed 14 May 1868. First settler here, L.P. Hyde, 1861. Cuppett, Hewit, & Rea built a blockhouse spring 1868 where Court House now stands. County organized 30 . . . — — Map (db m177394) HM
In 1886 the Cedar Rapids, Iowa Falls & Northwestern Railroad built a railway line from Larchwood, Iowa, through Springdale Township, Lincoln County, to Sioux Falls, Dakota Territory. The Springdale Station depot was established here; later it became . . . — — Map (db m183589) HM
In 1858, most of the Yankton Sioux were pushed west of the Missouri River. This move opened their former homeland to Euro-American settlement. While the onset of the Civil War slowed settlement in the region, Euro-American settlers began . . . — — Map (db m210632) HM
Crowded, cold, and damp would probably describe Even Lommen's birthplace. His parents, Peder and Marit Lommen, came to Lincoln County with three children in the spring of 1870. Even's birth occurred that first winter while the family shared a . . . — — Map (db m211363) HM
If you could step back in time to the year 1700 A.D., one of the most striking changes you'd see would be the immense herds of bison that lived in this area. Between 30 and 60 million bison roamed North America until the mid 1800s. Where did . . . — — Map (db m211280) HM
Naming the first South Dakota state park created in over 40 years was an
important task. Names and titles matter. They hold meanings and stories more significant than the words alone. The park's name would need to define this place while . . . — — Map (db m195078) HM
Iona established 11 Feb. 1898, Ray Gooder, Postmaster. Here E. L. Senn, newspaper crusader fought the cattle rustlers and lost his newspaper by fire in early days. — — Map (db m184644) HM
On Sept. 17, 1804, Lewis and Clark camped on the west bank below the Island and passing it on the 18th said: "Passed an Island about the middle of the river at 1 mile this island is about a mile long and has a great proportion of Red cedar on . . . — — Map (db m179941) HM
Wal partner, in 1862 when the Civil War was being fit and Dakota Territory took in everything South of Canada to the Rocky Mountains, the legislature gave a ferry license across the Old Muddy down at Yankton to J.S. Presho. Come 1872 they were . . . — — Map (db m177439) HM
Flowing just north of here, Medicine Creek runs through the center of Lyman County, emptying into the Missouri River 27 miles (43 kilometers) to the northeast. The place-names of this Central South Dakota area read like an index to early state . . . — — Map (db m192318) HM
Flowing just north of here, Medicine Creek runs through the center of Lyman County, emptying into the Missouri River 27 miles (43 kilometers) to the northeast. The place-names of this Central South Dakota area read like an index to early state . . . — — Map (db m184639) HM
"Sat. Nov. 25, 1865. Ft. Wadsworth. Arrived at 3 p.m. Received my pay, paid my debts and have $20 left." As the assistant to the commanding officer, the adjutant kept track of the men who were on furlough, in the hospital or on field . . . — — Map (db m162309) HM
Wed. Oct. 25, 1865. Our company is ordered to Fort Wadsworth-- bad luck to them! Men feel badly about being ordered to Wadsworth--it seems as though it was going out of the world again. But it is a soldier's duty to obey orders.
Andrew . . . — — Map (db m101242) HM
Thurs. Dec. 7, 1865. Major Rose called all the companies together today, gave them a talking to and much good advice. There has been quite a spirit of unrest among the men. The men were anxious to return to civil life.
This structure was . . . — — Map (db m162304) HM
One of the doctor's duties was to record mammal sightings. In 1869, elk, buffalo, antelope, grey wolf, and black bear were recorded. The antelope is the only animal still sighted in this region.
Due to dwindling numbers, an order was . . . — — Map (db m101238) HM
Memorandum: Dick Wilson enlisted in our squad from S. Paul in October 1863. He was a very bad case. His home has been the guard house ever since he enlisted. He broke out and deserted the 13th of February. He was caught and brought back. Again he . . . — — Map (db m101229) HM
Sun. Nov. 26, 1865. Doc and Shep up all night gambling. Blowers and Peterson each made $25 tonight playing "Honest-John."
During the Roaring Twenties, the Fort was leased for use as a hunting lodge. The hospital became the club room and . . . — — Map (db m162132) HM
Mon. Dec. 4, 1865. Captain took all the ammunition over to the magazine and read the army regulations to the men.
The U.S. Springfield and the British-made Enfield were the two basic firearms of the Civil War period. Both muzzleloaders . . . — — Map (db m162310) HM
Sun. Nov. 12, 1865. The fort has greatly improved since we were here a year ago. Stone quarters nearly completed for us to go into.
Living conditions at the Fort were crude. Wood bunks were furnished with wool blankets and mattresses . . . — — Map (db m101233) HM
"Thursday, Jan. 18. Lt. Briley has taken command of the company. He has been relieved from duty at inspection-except at his post. He was over to Roll Call this morning but nobody was up-when Sgt. Knight politely told him that we . . . — — Map (db m162308) HM
The log building had a shingled roof and was 145' long and 24' wide. A storage cellar sat under on-third of the building. While large, the building was not well constructed. Rain and snow blew through the roof and damaged supplies.
When . . . — — Map (db m162138) HM
Tues. Nov. 14, 1865. Took the best bath I could and put on clean clothes, first time in nearly three weeks. We indulged in a stag dance this evening.
Soldiers spent much of their off duty time playing chess, checkers and card games. . . . — — Map (db m101231) HM
In February 1871, President Grant approved an 82,000 acre parcel of land measuring nine miles by fifteen miles as the Fort Sisseton Military Reservation. The land was set aside for use by the military for training exercises and hay ground for . . . — — Map (db m101225) HM
Major John Clowney, 30th Wisconsin Infantry with Cos. B. E. G. and K, Captains Burton, Devlin, Swain & Klatt, started the fort on 1 August 1864, pursuant to orders of General John Pope, Department Commander. They were mostly from the north woods and . . . — — Map (db m179954) HM
In 1996, with Executive Order 96-06, South Dakota Governor William J. "Bill" Janklow created the Governor's Commission on Fort Sisseton. His action ensured that input from dedicated local individuals, with a knowledge of history and a passion . . . — — Map (db m103085) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m91617) HM
The log buildings along the south side of the fort were used as officers quarters in the early years of the fort. When the brick officers' quarters were completed the log buildings became married enlisted men's and laundress quarters.
. . . — — Map (db m101234) HM
The prairie pothole lakes region that surrounds Fort Sisseton is a haven for birds. Birds and waterfowl were found in abundance when the military arrived at Fort Sisseton. In 1868 and 1869, Fort surgeon Dr. B. Knickerbocker recorded 44 species of . . . — — Map (db m101243) HM
The Coteau des Prairies and glacial lakes region was a wonderful habitat for wildlife. The post surgeon, who also served as the post naturalist, kept records of the wildlife he observed. Through his records, we learn that human interference has . . . — — Map (db m101727) HM
You are entering
Roberts County
South Dakota
Long the home of Sisseton, Wahpeton & Cuthead Yanktonaise Sioux, it became part of Deuel & Cheyenne Counties in 1862; Deuel extending N to 46th parallel (4 miles N) in 1872. The Reservation . . . — — Map (db m185145) HM
The Milwaukee, building from Marion to the Missouri, in 1880 soon reached Nation, platted in 1879 by Robert and J. B. Nation, with Orlan K. Bullard its postmaster on 5 January 1880 and when changed to Bridgewater on November 20th he continued to . . . — — Map (db m180129) HM
South Dakota's rich western heritage has been remembered along the Interstate highway system at safety rest areas and tourist information centers.
The eight pillars which thrust skyward here merge in the framework of a tipi, the Plains . . . — — Map (db m179882) HM
Temperate Grasslands
A temperate grassland known as prairie once rolled across one-fifth of North America from Texas to Canada, the Rockies to Illinois and provided habitat for a multitude of distinct plants and animals. The Samuel . . . — — Map (db m126905) HM
Where Highways US 212 and SD 73 meet, at the end of the Cheyenne Branch of the Milwaukee Road, we live, a half mile above sea level of the Fox Ridge Divide, our souls nourished by the picture sunsets.
Our Grass is unsurpassed anywhere, . . . — — Map (db m185219) HM
The trail blazers
here on December 26, 1875
Ben Ash, S.C. Dodge,
Russ Marsh, Ed Donahue,
and Stimmy Stimson
on their trip from Bismarck
through the Indian country
first sighted the Black Hills. — — Map (db m185222) HM
This area, extending along Bear Butte Creek, was for centuries a select camp site for the Plains Indians, who found here mountain spring water, wood, protection from the bitter north winds, together with much game and wild fruit in season. Here, or . . . — — Map (db m184003) HM
Sturgis City, as it was originally called, was laid out by Major Jeremiah Wilcox on August 16, 1878. it was positioned to take advantage of the recently established site of Fort Meade, 1.5 miles to the east, and named for the commander of that . . . — — Map (db m174066) HM
The Fort Laramie Treaties of 1851 and 1868 held implications that would impact the destiny of the Lakota people for generations. The government promised in the 1868 treaty to care for them by building an agency on the reservation with commensurate . . . — — Map (db m174078) HM
Camp J.G. Sturgis
Named for Lt. J.G. Sturgis, killed June 25, 1876 at Battle of Little Big Horn. Established July 1, 1878 in this area by Cos. G.F.I.K., 1st US Infantry; D.G. 11th US Infantry; Hq. & Trs. A.C.D.E.G.I.K.M. 7th US Cavalry; Col. . . . — — Map (db m177387) HM
With a military expedition
camped in the vicinity
July 10, & 11th, 1859.
He conducted on Sunday
the first Christian services
on Meade County soil. — — Map (db m172481) HM
On this site, the evening of August 19, 1876, 24-year-old Charles "Red" Nolin, pony mail carrier was shot and scalped. He was asked by members of the Schofeld Freighting Outfit to stay with them for the night because of the presence of Indians in . . . — — Map (db m174075) HM
As the United States grew and people moved west, they came in contact with the Native Americans. Out of these contacts conflicts arose. In response to these conflicts, the United States government enacted treaties with the Native Americans.
. . . — — Map (db m174081) HM
Around 1895 the first Fedora village school was the Root School located in section 9 later moved to section 10. In 1905 a new two story wood school was built and used for grades one through ten located two blocks south of this marker on the west . . . — — Map (db m124601) HM
John Thompson, Pioneer
(1841-1913)
John Thompson arrived in America in 1854. He was a 13-year-old orphan who had lost his parents and sister to cholera during the long journey from Meraker, Norway. He was raised by an aunt in . . . — — Map (db m181288) HM
Incoming Norwegian pioneers homesteaded in this area in the early 1870s, and many of these newcomers built homes on the high ground overlooking Willow Creek. Some lived in dugout homes carved into hillsides, while others used the tough, thick . . . — — Map (db m205269) HM
The house was built around 1869 by Ole and Soren Bergeson, two
brothers who had immigrated to America from Norway with their
parents in 1851. Ole was one of the first settlers to homestead in Split
Rock Township where he and his wife, Bergitta, . . . — — Map (db m183964) HM
In May of 1857, land speculators from the Dakota Land Company, of St. Paul, Minnesota Territory, surveyed and located the town site of Eminija in this immediate area. Eminija was the Santee Sioux Indian name for the Split Rock River . . . — — Map (db m198935) HM
The first Europeans to enter Minnehaha County in search of animal pelts to satisfy the demand abroad for furs may have been French trappers. Some historians believe that trader Charles Pierre Le Sueur, or his men, visited this area as early as 1683. . . . — — Map (db m198826) HM
After acquiring a quarter section of land in 1870 through the Homestead Act of 1862, Nels Nelson (N.N.) Graff and his wife Elise, Scandinavian immigrants, built a dugout where they lived the first three years. In 1873, Nels built the first permanent . . . — — Map (db m242346) HM
Split Rock Creek is an unpretentious waterway that rises northeast of Ihlen, MN, and wanders through rich farmlands and quartzite walls until it joins the Big Sioux River approximately two miles southwest of this spot. In July 1879, this tranquil, . . . — — Map (db m198824) HM
A group of emigrants from Sweden gathered in Lockport, Illinois, in the mid-1870s and dispatched N.J. Ronlund to inspect potential farmland near the Swedona settlement in Minnehaha County, Dakota Territory. Upon receiving his favorable report, 33 . . . — — Map (db m205270) HM
For hundreds of years, the land on which Brandon is situated was the home and hunting grounds of Native Americans. A prehistoric village site and numerous burial mounds are located nearby. Many early Brandon area settlers were of Norwegian descent; . . . — — Map (db m181916) HM
The Samuelson Family
Dakota Pioneers
John A. Samuelson was born in Sweden in 1837. He immigrated to the United States in 1868 and lived for one year in Iowa. In 1869, he came to Dakota Territory and filed on a homestead of 160 acres, . . . — — Map (db m222435) HM
The 160-acre tract in this Nature Area was homesteaded by John A. Samuelson, (top left) originally from Sweden, who settled here in 1869. His first home was a dugout in the hillside where he and his wife Anna (bottom left) lived for three years and . . . — — Map (db m222432) HM
John Edmund Colton
John E. Colton was born in Wisconsin in 1857. In April 1878 he moved to Minnehaha County, Dakota Territory, where he filed a preemption homestead claim to 160 acres of land. He remained on the land for 90 days, as required by . . . — — Map (db m186912) HM
In 1878 John B. Goddard and his family left their home near Taopi, Minn., and traveled by horse-drawn wagons to this site. They settled here in Dakota Territory, a sparsely populated area three miles beyond the end of the trail.
With his son . . . — — Map (db m186910) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m238357) HM
During the winter of 1880-1881, Iver Oyen made a number of ten-mile round trips between his homestead claim and a stand of timber along the Big Sioux River. After he felled, dressed, and debarked large cottonwood and maple trees, his team of horses . . . — — Map (db m187021) HM
Peter Byg was born near the tiny village of Halk, South Jutland, Denmark. After emigrating to America, in time he settled on a claim located 2½ miles southwest of this spot. He built a sod dugout house where he lived with his wife, Anna Raven, and . . . — — Map (db m187016) HM
Minnehaha Co. - Population 2145 in 1965
Named after the dells and rapids of the Big Sioux River, which flows through the town and reminded settlers of the dells of the Wisconsin River. First surveyed in 1859 and sub-divided in 1864. . . . — — Map (db m208403) HM
Within short distance of this hill of peace eleven original pioneer families came in 1873 to claim the land and to give us birth
Johannes E. Berdahl ·
Mrs. Lars Brandvold ·
C. O. Henjum ·
Synneve Henjum ·
Thor Hermanson ·
Olaus . . . — — Map (db m208421) HM
Side 1 The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) granted a $410,000 relief loan to South Dakota in 1932, the third year of the Great Depression, Garretson became one of five towns in the county allotted funds.
Its City Council then . . . — — Map (db m188833) HM
Two events in the 1870s in eastern Minnehaha County, Dakota Territory, provided the stimulus leading to the beginning of the town of Garretson. The first was the founding of the now-vanished village of Palisade, often referred to as Garretson’s . . . — — Map (db m69089) HM
Norway Lutheran Church was established by Norwegian-American pioneers on March 23, 1874 in Minnehaha County, Dakota Territory. They met in sod houses, schools and a lean-to until the building was completed. Land, where the church could be seen and . . . — — Map (db m208420) HM
This bell that called the people to worship is placed here to the memory of the men and women who endured the dangers and hardships of pioneer life, and still found time and money to build churches for themselves and for those who should follow . . . — — Map (db m208422) HM
Palisades State Park
Palisades State Park began with an initial gift of 20 acres from Mrs. Winona Axtell Lyon in 1947. During the next twenty years, smaller tracts were added to the park as money to purchase them became available. In 1969, . . . — — Map (db m208240) HM
One of the deepest desires of Norwegian immigrants who settled in this area of the Slip-Up Creek was to have a church where they and their children might hear the saving gospel. On December 17, 1873, O. O. Sando, a circuit-riding preacher who served . . . — — Map (db m208419) HM
Settlers homesteaded in this area beginning in 1865. A feed and flour mill was built in the early 1870's, with power from a large wooden dam across Split Rock Creek east of this marker. A town, complete with three stores, livery barn, blacksmith . . . — — Map (db m208239) HM
In 1878 when Hartford was first settled, it was called Oaksville after pioneer I.E. Oaks. The next year, the Worthington & Sioux Falls Railroad extended its line to Salem, South Dakota, and established a station at Oaksville. By 1881, the town, . . . — — Map (db m224417) HM
Townsite of Hartman was homesteaded in 1878 by John Hartmann, Sr. Town started in January 1899. Hans J. Johnson, Postmaster & General Store; Charles F. Bartling, Creamery; Jarvis W. Phelps, Blacksmith; John and Carl Johnson, Farm Implements; John . . . — — Map (db m183490) HM
On plains where Native Americans once hunted vast herds of buffalo, a country general store called Wellington Corner sprang up at this location in 1921. The first building, which became the ice house, was constructed by Luther and Anna Gage. The . . . — — Map (db m183487) HM
During a round barn building boom in South Dakota, Alfred and Marit Christensen, together with relatives and neighbors, built a round dairy barn one-third mile northeast of this marker. Forty round barns were built in the state between 1903 and . . . — — Map (db m181305) HM
Leonard Renner, a German immigrant and a Union Army Civil War veteran, came to Dakota Territory in 1878. He acquired farm land in Mapleton Township. Years later, the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad built a track . . . — — Map (db m181296) HM
Ole B. Iverson, his father Iver, brother Peter and brother-in-law Andy had no established roads to follow when they came to Dakota Territory in 1868. They had to wade or ford rivers and streams as best they could. These men, from near Decorah, Iowa, . . . — — Map (db m181919) HM
On July 27, 1888, Thomas Ryan of Dubuque, Iowa, purchased land for the Rowena townsite in the SE¼, Section 26, Split Rock Township from Nelson Webster. On October 10, 1888, Ryan platted the town into 43 city blocks and named the streets after . . . — — Map (db m181618) HM
Long before bridges spanned the Big Sioux River, travelers and settlers forded the river at this location. Pioneer Ole B. Iverson, a Norwegian immigrant, homesteaded here in 1868 and "Iverson Crossing" became a common point of reference and a local . . . — — Map (db m199014) HM
Banning's Crossing takes its name from brothers Abraham, Richard and David Banning who settled near here on the east side of the Big Sioux River in 1876. The next year Abraham and David built a grist mill to grind locally grown wheat into flour. The . . . — — Map (db m199019) HM
In the city's early days, the falls attracted both industry and pleasure seekers. During their leisure time, settlers and visitors enjoyed both the falls and Seney Island
The Island, as it was called by early residents, was an oasis for . . . — — Map (db m124198) HM
to break up soil or prepare the land with a tool for planting; to grow a plant or crop
header:
Photo Courtesy of Siouxland Heritage Museum in Sioux Falls, South Dakota [SHM 92.8.3]
Stone Cutting Tools . . . — — Map (db m199155) HM
E.A. Sherman is recognized as the father of the Sioux Falls park system. To commemorate his work, J.K. Daniels & the Roman Bronze Works of New York was commissioned to create this bronze portrait in 1917. It was rededicated in Honor of the Park . . . — — Map (db m131976) HM
to change, to develop gradually to become more advanced and complex
Plant Communities
A plant community is a group of living plant species that all naturally grow together in one location. All the plants in a community share the . . . — — Map (db m199154) HM
Fashioned of maple logs harvested from the banks of the Big Sioux River near Renner, this rustic home was built by Lars Kvernmo with the help of neighbors John Nelson (one of the first Norwegian immigrants in Minnehaha county) and Ole Gilseth. It . . . — — Map (db m244823) HM
to grow well, to be strong and healthy, especially because conditions are right
header:East Sioux Falls
East Sioux Falls, 1890. Photo Courtesy of Siouxland Heritage Museums [SHM 78.35.32]
Pink . . . — — Map (db m199106) HM
to develop leaves, known as foliage
header:
Photo Courtesy of Siouxland Heritage Museums in Sioux Falls, South Dakota [SHM 92.8.16]
Saloons
East Sioux Falls was filled with quarrymen that needed an . . . — — Map (db m199153) HM
to grow from a seed or spore into a new individual
header:
Photo Courtesy of Siouxland Heritage Museums, Sioux Falls, South Dakota [SHM 41.15.20]
Illinois Central Railroad
In 1887, the quarries at East . . . — — Map (db m199157) HM
Memorial to
the Pioneers
of
Minnehaha County
1856 – 1889
Erected by the
Minnehaha County
Historical Society
- 1949 -
The Pioneer Memorial
Honors the early settlers who faced the harsh and lonely . . . — — Map (db m184705) HM
Following the founding of Sioux Falls City in 1856, a trail was developed on the east side of the Big Sioux River. It linked the tiny village with Sioux City, Iowa. After the Amidon slayings in 1862, Sioux Falls City was abandoned.
In 1865 Lt. . . . — — Map (db m199850) HM
Side 1
Pioneer archeologist Dr. W.H. Over recorded that the prehistoric builders of the nearby Sherman Park burial mounds lived in a 10-acre village on a lower terrace south of this location. The village extended west from 26th Street . . . — — Map (db m139822) HM
Sioux Falls took its name from these falls which are located in the Big Sioux River. Surrounded by a sea of grass, the falls were a remarkable discovery for explorers. For the land speculators that followed the explorers, these falls provided an . . . — — Map (db m127423) HM
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