In Honor of Those Who Served
Dedicated May 29, 1995
Army
Brett Koedam ·
Arnold Gorter ·
Arnold Van Engen ·
John Van Surksum ·
Leonard Van Bemmel ·
Theodore Stientjes ·
Vernon Van Middendorp ·
Dale E. Vink . . . — — Map (db m236926) WM
This park is dedicated to Bob Locker and wife Judy (Swalve), his parents Heinie W. and Northa, and bother John Henry and Joanne (Salamida) and families. Bob, Judy and family made it possible for this 22 acre parcel to be set aside for future . . . — — Map (db m125807) HM
To honor and remember all veterans who served our country and community in times of war and peace
Legion Post 310
Legion Auxiliary Post 310 — — Map (db m236925) WM
Blood Run is a sacred site and the ancestral home of the Omaha, Ponca, Ioway & Oto tribes, where they cohabitated from AD 1500-1750. The Oneota traditions were celebrated, and it was an important trade center and city. More than 6,000 people who . . . — — Map (db m292733) HM
In 1873 pioneers Andrew and Karen Berdahl came to Minnehaha County, Dakota Territory, in a train of 11 oxen-drawn covered wagons. They homesteaded 10 miles southwest of present-day Garretson near Slip-Up Creek and for 11 years lived in two different . . . — — Map (db m292709) HM
This area, where Blood Run Creek passes on its way to the Big Sioux River, was inhabited by Native Americans between 1300 and 1750, as many as 4,000 Oneota Indians lived on the fertile prairie. European explorers and traders arrived in the late . . . — — Map (db m211368) HM
The city of Lester was platted by William Thomas and his wife Mary, on Nov. 8, 1889. It is located on the southwest quarter of section 36, township 100, range 47. The town became a key shipping point for this farming community due to the railroad . . . — — Map (db m232736) HM
Built in 1893 three miles south of here over Cry Creek, this arch bridge was designed by Joseph Melan, the Austrian originator of the Melan System of reinforcing concrete. His supervisor of construction was Frederick Von Emberger. The builder was . . . — — Map (db m101270) HM
