On 401st Avenue north of 295th Street, on the right when traveling north.
I, the Lord, was there at the beginning, and I, the Lord God, will be there at the end. Isaiah 41:4
Bohemian Protestant homesteaders organized in 1895 with services in member homes
Incorportated in 1902 as Bohemian-Moravian . . . — — Map (db m313509) HM
On Main Avenue north of 4th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Dedicated To Those Who Served Our Country
Alphonse Jaeger US Army WWII India/Burma ·
Donald L. Jaeger US Army Ft Bragg NC ·
Frank C. Dufek JR US Army WWII ·
John E. Jaeger US . . . — — Map (db m313455) WM
On 381st Avenue 0.4 miles south of 285th Street (County Highway 34), on the right when traveling north.
Henry Kasulka (1839-1918) with wife Caroline (1844-1934), German immigrants from Pomerania, set aside land at this site for a German Methodist Church and Cemetery originally organized in 1897. The congregation erected the church in 1906 with John . . . — — Map (db m313443) HM
On 382nd Avenue 0.2 miles south of State Highway 50, on the right when traveling south.
Camp BF-1 (DSE-204): located in edge of town of Lake Andes
Companies: Nebraskans?--July-October 1933; 2759V -- 7/31/34-11/1/34; 2743 (Nebraskans) -- 5/25/35-Fall 1935
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a federal relief program during . . . — — Map (db m187634) HM
On 303rd Street east of 388th Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Martin Marty
1834-1896
First Abbot of St. Meinrad Archabbey, First Bishop of the Dakota Territory, began to visit the Indians in this territory in 1877. He established the first Indian Mission called St. Ann’s Mission of Wheeler, . . . — — Map (db m177442) HM
On 390th Avenue 0.2 miles north of County Road 2, on the right when traveling north.
This monument commemorates the Yankton Sioux Treaty of 1858.
As increasing numbers of settlers came upriver, the Yankton Sioux had to decide whether to join other Sioux tribes in armed resistance or to co-exist with the immigrants. They . . . — — Map (db m217461) HM
On 390th Avenue 0.2 miles north of County Road 2, on the right when traveling north.
In memory of the Yankton Chiefs, who made the Treaty of 1858.
Struck by the Ree ·
Black Bear ·
Medicine Cow ·
White Swan ·
Pretty Boy ·
Feather in the Ear ·
Crazy Bull ·
Frank Deloria
Sioux
Delegates who signed the . . . — — Map (db m217464) HM
On U.S. 18 0.5 miles west of Missouri Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Making a hide tipi cover was a community project. The women would get together to make a cover, which was made by piecing together the hides of multiple animals, usually buffalo.
It required 18 tanned buffalo hides to make the average tipi. . . . — — Map (db m187547) HM
On U.S. 18 0.5 miles west of Missouri Drive, on the right when traveling west.
"You have noticed that everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. . . . The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round . . . — — Map (db m187544) HM
On U.S. 18 0.7 miles west of Lewis Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Fort Randall Dam
Construction Period: 1946-1956
Length: 10,700 ft
Width at Base: 4,300 ft
Max. Height: 165 ft
Type: Rolled Earth Fill
Earth Fill: 50 million cu yds
Concrete: 961,000 cu yds.
Record Discharge: 169,800 cfs (July . . . — — Map (db m187549) HM
On U.S. 18 0.5 miles west of Missouri Drive, on the right when traveling west.
To the Native American tribes of the Great Plains, the buffalo was sacred. They depended on the buffalo for their survival and used nearly every part of the animal. They felt a strong sense of kinship with the animal that kept them warm, . . . — — Map (db m187548) HM
On Lewis Avenue at U.S. 18, on the right when traveling south on Lewis Avenue.
Pickstown
Lewis and Clark passed this site on September 8, 1804. The next day they had their first encounter with prairie dogs, which they called barking squirrels. They killed one and caught one alive by pouring a great quantity of water . . . — — Map (db m187535) HM
On Lewis Avenue north of Abnor Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Dedicated to all who served
in the defense of our country
South Dakota centennial year
1889 — 1989
Pickstown, S. D.
Unincorporated 1947–1986
Incorporated Aug. 10, 1986 — — Map (db m237280) WM
On U.S. 18 0.5 miles west of Missouri Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Living under a vast blanket of stars above the Great Plains, Native Americans had an interest in the stars. Stars are believed to be Woniya of Wakan Tanka, "the holy breath of the Great Spirit." Constellations in the night sky . . . — — Map (db m187545) HM
On U.S. 18 0.5 miles west of Missouri Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Few dwellings stir the imagination like the tipi. Used by nearly all Native American tribes of the Great Plains, this practical, moveable, one-room home was ideal for seminomadic tribes that followed buffalo herds across the prairie.
Inside . . . — — Map (db m187543) HM
On U.S. 18 0.5 miles west of Missouri Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Tipis were the exclusive responsibility of women among Great Plains tribes. They worked together to set them up and take them down, make hide covers, cut poles, and pack and transport the tipis and their contents.
After the arrival of the . . . — — Map (db m187546) HM
Our National Symbol
In 1782, over 200 years ago, the United States adopted the bald eagle as our national symbol. This majestic, white-headed bird, soaring freely throughout our continent, was a common sight to our ancestors.
Today, the . . . — — Map (db m234977) HM
The Omaha and Ponca
The Omaha and Ponca tribes were once a single people closely related to the Osage, Kansa and Quapaw tribes of the lower Missouri and Mississippi River valleys. The ancestoral Omaha-Ponca people migrated from that region . . . — — Map (db m234981) HM
has been designated a
Registered Natural Landmark
Under the provisions of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
this site possesses exceptional value
in illustrating the natural
history of the United States
U.S. . . . — — Map (db m234940) HM
Basin
Many thousands of years ago a great continental ice sheet advancing from the northeast onto the northern plains blocked or reversed the flow of all rivers it came into contact with. The result of this titanic natural force was the . . . — — Map (db m234980) HM
On 271st Street at 355th Avenue, on the right when traveling east on 271st Street.
To the memory of Dr. Lewis E. and Ella Woodman Camfield
Founders of Ward Academy at this site in 1893
Dedicated their lives to the building of Christian character through church and school
Lewis Emerson Camfield
1860 — . . . — — Map (db m273595) HM
On Elm Avenue (County Road 21) 0.1 miles south of 293rd Avenue (U.S. 18), on the left when traveling south.
Gone but not Forgotten
The Golden Years
Home of the Bears
This memorial to Ravinia Consolidated School is a tribute to all who attended and graduated from the humble institution, including dedicated educators and board members who . . . — — Map (db m187638) HM
On 293rd Street (U.S. 18) 0.1 miles west of Elm Avenue (County Road 21), on the right when traveling east.
This marker commemorates and gives directions to the Ravinia Consolidated School site and memorial ¼ mile south on County Highway 21 in Ravinia.
The school operated from 1917-1967 when reorganization dissolved the district. During this period . . . — — Map (db m187637) HM
On Front Avenue Southeast at 1st Street Southeast, on the right when traveling south on Front Avenue Southeast.
Army Navy Air Force Marine Corps Coast Guard Merchant Marine
Duty · Honor · Country · Freedom
In honor of the brave men and women of the Armed Forces of the United States of America who served for our great country so each . . . — — Map (db m217530) WM
On 297th Street (State Highway 46) 0.2 miles east of Front Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling west.
of the men and women of Company A
153rd En Bn who served in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom II.
07 December 2003 to 01 March 2005
A Company Roster
Commander - CPT Gregory R. Darlow
First Sergeant - 1SG John L. Noyes . . . — — Map (db m217633) WM
On Wagner Lake Road 0.2 miles north of 297th Street (South Dakota Highway 46), on the right when traveling north.
Lewis and Clark
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, officially the Corps of Discovery, was in what is now South Dakota from August 21 to October 14, 1804 and from August 21 to September 4, 1806.
While here they would make numerous . . . — — Map (db m313461) HM
