The 525th Bomb Squadron of the 379th Bombard[ment] Group was
designated the Grand Slam Group of the entire 8th Air Force in 1944.
This designation is based on most flights most efficient, most accurate
and least losses. The 525th Bomb . . . — — Map (db m311856) WM
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Rozum Motor Co.: Allis-Chalmers Dealer
Mitchell-S.D.-March 1-1939-Hershey Photo Service
Christian Ministries Building
422 North Main Street
Originally built as: Elks Lodge . . . — — Map (db m311787) HM
Carl Gunderson was born June 20, 1864 on his family's homestead near Vermillion. He graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1890. Gunderson farmed in Clay and Aurora counties and was a leader of the Wheat Growers Association. He was also a . . . — — Map (db m179896) HM
In 1932 Celia Kelley was instrumental in establishing the forest that stands before you. She was determined to improve the land around the newly established Lake Mitchell, the reservoir built in 1928. She recruited friends, the Hitchcocks and . . . — — Map (db m253806) HM
Sponsored by the
Mitchell Lions Club
in honor of Lions Clubs
International Centennial
1917 - 2017
Funded in part by a grant from the
Sam F. Weller Family Foundation — — Map (db m311761) HM
This tablet erected and this grove dedicated by the
Citizens of Mitchell
In memory of those of
Davison County
Who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great World War for Democracy 1917-1919
Howard Barton
John Curtis Berry . . . — — Map (db m180134) WM
In June, 1889, representatives of
twenty Masonic lodges located in what
had become North Dakota here organized
the
Grand Lodge
of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
of North Dakota
This plaque was placed by . . . — — Map (db m311764) HM
This tree, regarded as "medicine" by the Indians, a scrawny hackberry, growing out of a rock, near Bois Cache Creek, soon to be lost to rising waters of Oahe Lake, on April 12, 1863 was rescued in a joint enterprise of the S. D. Dept. of History and . . . — — Map (db m180131) HM
The site of the junction of two old trailsthe "Jimtown" Trail first mail route of the James River Valley and the Fort Thompson Trail much used in the Black Hills Gold Rush.
Close to this junction was Firesteel the pioneer settlement and trading . . . — — Map (db m180135) HM
In Memory Of
World War I
William Bradshaw Peter V. Brethorst William H. Coacher Emil Laurson
Father Colman E. O'Flaherty McKinley Pound Oliver Scott
Arthur E. Shale Lester L. Slagle Carroll B. West
World War II . . . — — Map (db m311829) WM
Used for many years in White's mill on "Jim" River, 4 miles east of Mitchell, to grind flour for the homesteaders and farmers who hauled their wheat to the "grist" mill
In memory of my father
John R. White
and other pioneers of 1879 . . . — — Map (db m180133) HM
During the early 1880's, a small group of Swedish settlers left their homeland to come to Dakota Territory where they took up homesteads in this vicinity. On September 15, 1883, after holding services and meetings in their homes, they organized "The . . . — — Map (db m180277) HM
This sculpture depicts a bird atop a person and is meant to show a co-existence of man, animals, and societal or physical environment. Other visual forms that appear bring a message of reconciliation with nature.
Oscar Howe, the eminent Yanktonai . . . — — Map (db m124207) HM
was the last identified Marine in this famous photo at Iwo Jima.
He is standing to the far left. Corporal Ira Hayes is seated
in front of him. — — Map (db m311850) HM
The South Dakota Army National Guard originated in 1884 as the Dakota Cavalry. Since that time, Citizen Soldiers from the Mitchell Area have served in nearly every major conflict, as well as provided assistance to the state in times of domestic . . . — — Map (db m311859) WM
HOW IT BEGAN
The city's first corn palace was built as
a way to prove to the world that South
Dakota had a healthy agricultural climate.
Eight years before the turn of the 20th
century, in 1892 (when Mitchell, South
Dakota was . . . — — Map (db m311762) HM
Union No. 31 Country School
Education was a priority for the pioneers in this area even before South Dakota became a state. In 1899 settlers erected the Union No. 31 Country School 6 miles south & 1 mile east of Mt. Vernon to replace the small . . . — — Map (db m174086) HM
