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Richland Methodist Episcopal Church Marker image, Touch for more information
By Ruth VanSteenwyk, March 29, 2016
Richland Methodist Episcopal Church Marker
101 South Dakota, Union County, Richland — 437 — Richland Methodist Episcopal Church¼ mile — United Methodist Church Registered Historic Site No. 39 —
On State Highway 50 at Fourth Avenue, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 50.
Rev. S.W. Ingham, a travelling Missionary, in 1861 baptized Minnesota Watson, daughter of Thomas and Adeline Watson, who with A.J. Bell and wife were its earliest members in the Brule Creek community. The Indian War of the Outbreak in August 1862 . . . Map (db m189894) HM
102 South Dakota, Union County, Richland — Site of First Norwegian Lutheran Church in Dakota Territory1868–1938
On 475th Avenue south of 319th Street, on the left when traveling south.
Site of First Norwegian Lutheran Church in Dakota Territory 1868-1938 Charter Members of St. Paul Lutheran Church Of Aug. 12, 1863 K. P. Ronne Thomas Olesen Aune Helge Mathiasen Ole Oleson Anders Anderson Melkjor . . . Map (db m190112) HM
103 South Dakota, Union County, Richland — 410 — St. Paul Lutheran ChurchOne and one-fourth miles
On 476th Avenue (South Dakota Route 50) at County Road 25, on the right when traveling south on 476th Avenue.
Stately church edifices frequently have humble beginnings and so with St. Paul Lutheran Church, one of South Dakota's finest. The humble log church pictured hereon was erected in 1867 by the members of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation . . . Map (db m189892) HM
104 South Dakota, Union County, Spink — St. Mary's Catholic ChurchGarryowen, South Dakota
On State Highway 48, 0.1 miles west of 471st Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Front The first parish in Garryowen was organized in 1879. St. Mary's Church and cemetery were located together on five acres of land donated by Patrick Mahan. The church eventually became too small for a growing community and a larger . . . Map (db m93597) HM
105 South Dakota, Yankton County, Mission Hill — 323 — Vangen Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church1869 -
Near 308th Street, 3 miles north of State Highway 50, on the right when traveling west.
Following earlier Missionary work, this church began in Dakota Territory among Scandinavian Lutherans as early as 1861, and was organized October 8, 1864 with Reverend Emil Christenson as minister. The church built in 1869 was built of lumber . . . Map (db m177659) HM
106 South Dakota, Yankton County, Yankton — 324 — Christ ChurchMother Episcopal Church of the Dakotas
On West 6th Street at Douglas Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West 6th Street.
Founded in 1861 by The Rev. Melancthon Hoyt, D.D., LL. D. First Missionary to Settle in Dakota Territory This Building is the Third Church Home of The Yankton Episcopal Parish.Map (db m177979) HM
107 South Dakota, Yankton County, Yankton — 350 — Yankton College"Oldest Institution of Higher Learning in the Dakotas"
On East 10th Street, 0.3 miles east of Broadway Avenue (U.S. 81), on the right when traveling west.
Joseph Ward, a graduate of Brown University and Andover Seminary came to Yankton Academy but it was taken over by the school board and became Yankton High School, the first secondary schools in Dakota. In May 1881, Yankton College was . . . Map (db m177858) HM

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