Historical Markers and War Memorials in Roberts County
Sisseton is the county seat for Roberts County
Adjacent to Roberts County, South Dakota
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On an unnamed road, 0.2 miles east of State Highway 10, on the left when traveling east.
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. Department of . . . — — Map (db m185215) HM
On an unnamed road, 0.2 miles east of State Highway 10, on the left when traveling east.
Until 1883, Grant County extended N to the S end of Lake Traverse and out to the Sisseton Reservation line. With the creation of Roberts County, Governor Ordway appointed Major Crissey, Sisseton Agent, Frederick Dittes and Reuben E. Hall to organize . . . — — Map (db m185214) HM
On 455th Avenue (State Highway 25) 0.4 miles south of 102nd Street, on the right when traveling south.
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 m185177) HM
First German Baptist Church of Corona, South Dakota Organized March 14, 1911 Charter Members Enno & Anna Reiter Enoch & Alida Block Anton & Flora Block Reinhold & Grace Koenigsberg William & Louise Schmidt August Loof William & Wilhelmina Sprung . . . — — Map (db m90545) HM
On 478th Avenue (State Highway 15) at 142nd Street, on the right when traveling north on 478th Avenue.
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 m197544) HM
Near Interstate 29 at milepost 2, on the right when traveling south.
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 Indian . . . — — Map (db m93243) HM
On U.S. 12, 0.8 miles west of 450th Ave., on the right when traveling east.
Roberts County 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 extending S to Lake Kampeska in a . . . — — Map (db m185165) HM
Near BIA 200, 1.8 miles west of Whipple Road (County Highway 34), on the left when traveling west.
Born at Swan Lake, Minnesota, and converted to Christianity by Protestant Missionaries. In 1857, he led in rescue of Abbie Gardner, from Hostile Indians, on James River (near Redfield) and in 1862 rendered heroic service protecting the whites during . . . — — Map (db m197538) HM
Near 117th Street (Road BIA 8) 3.1 miles west of 455th Avenue (County Road 6), on the left when traveling west.
Noted Indian orator, born at Lac Qui Parle. After conversion to Christianity, he was President of the Hazelwood Republic. He participated in rescue of Abbie Gardner in 1857 from hostiles on James River (near Redfield). During War of Outbreak in . . . — — Map (db m185158) HM
On 2nd Avenue East north of Maple Street East, on the right when traveling north.
Dedicated to the men and women of the United States of America who served in the Armed Forces to help further the cause of freedom in the world
Honor the dead by helping the living — — Map (db m185161) WM
Has been designated a
Registered
Natural Landmark
Under the Provisions of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1955
This site Possesses Exceptional Value
In illustrating the Natural
History of the United States
U.S. . . . — — Map (db m123355) HM
On State Highway 10, 0.3 miles east of 451st Ave., on the right when traveling west.
A grove of tall, stately pine trees two miles north of this marker whisper the tale of two Dakota Indian brothers, Clarence and Joseph Grey, who died in an early winter snowstorm in November 1958, while trapping along the coteau. Their bodies were . . . — — Map (db m185162) HM
On State Highway 10, 0.3 miles east of 451st Ave., on the right when traveling west.
The Dakota winter of 1937 stretched out too long for farm boys Charles Almos and Clayton Week. They lived with their parents on the Coteau des Prairies eight and ten miles west of Sisseton. During their high school years, the boys shared room and . . . — — Map (db m185164) HM
On State Highway 10, 0.3 miles east of 451st Ave., on the right when traveling west.
On a pleasant winter day, January 6, 1903, Knut Throndson, an 1892 homesteader from Hellingdal, Norway, decided to visit his closest neighbors, Tobias and Bertha Herigstad, who lived less than a quarter mile east of this spot. Knut's wife, Caroline, . . . — — Map (db m185163) HM
On 478th Avenue (State Highway 127) at 102nd Street, on the right when traveling south on 478th Avenue.
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 m185183) HM
On 478th Avenue (State Highway 127) at 102nd Street, on the right when traveling south on 478th Avenue.
Created with its twin, North Dakota, 2 November 1889, its 77,047 square miles ranks 15th in size. Those square miles include: exceptional corn land in the SE, grass land in the W, wheat land in the N and productive land all over. Its . . . — — Map (db m185189) HM
Near Interstate 29 at milepost 213 at South Dakota Highway 15.
You are standing on top of the Coteau des Prairies (Hills of the Prairies) overlooking the rich Whetstone Valley. This landscape was carved out some 20,000 years ago by a massive glacier which extended approximately 2,000 feet above where you now . . . — — Map (db m91421) HM
On Commercial Street, on the right when traveling east.
President Secession Convention 1861, resulting in comment by Sam Houston, "I don't know what they will do, but Roberts is honest." Raised in 11th Texas Infantry. Gallantly led Brigade Battle Bayou Bourbeau, LA. Chief Justice Texas Supreme Court . . . — — Map (db m55800) HM
On West Commercial Street (U.S. 60) west of North Main Street, on the right when traveling west.
The prominent Lard family helped Lizzie Lard build the Cottage Hotel to support her two daughters after she was widowed 1893; it was completed in 1895. As Miami became the county seat and a regional trade center, the hotel prospered. Its parlor was . . . — — Map (db m55802) HM
On U.S. 60 at Ranch to Market Road 3367, on the left when traveling west on U.S. 60.
Cited as one of most prolific fossil fields of lower Pliocene age at time of discovery, these beds are about 13,000,000 years old. Geologists of Rio Bravo Oil Company found them in 1928 on C.C. Coffee Ranch, and their reports brought specialists . . . — — Map (db m55797) HM
On U.S. 60, 0.8 miles east of Ranch to Market Road 3367, on the right when traveling west.
The picnic area on US 60 in Roberts County is an early roadside park developed by the Texas Highway Department – now Texas Department of Transportation. This 1935 park accommodated motorists attending the state's centennial events in 1936. The . . . — — Map (db m55796) HM
On US 60 (U.S. 60) 0.3 miles north of South Clyde Street, on the right when traveling north.
Miami cemetery the earliest cemetery in the town of Miami was established shortly after 1887 when the southern Kansas branch of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad was extended through Miami. The earliest known burial is that of early . . . — — Map (db m153640) HM
On East Commercial Street (U.S. 60) at South Mobeetie Street, on the right when traveling east on East Commercial Street.
When the Southern Kansas Railway Company of Texas built a line through Roberts County in 1887, Miami developed at the end of the track as a campsite for workers. The crew set up a kitchen and a tent hotel. Soon the railroad built a public water well . . . — — Map (db m55801) HM
On Ranch to Market Road 283 at Farm to Market Road 2699, on the left when traveling north on Road 283.
In 1933, a local farmer plowing a wheat field began
uncovering large, chalky bones. Knowing them to be too
large to be cow or buffalo bones, several area residents,
including county judge and amateur archeologist J.A.
Mead, investigated the . . . — — Map (db m248426) HM
On Ranch Road 283, 2.2 miles east of Highway 70, on the left when traveling east.
Roberts County was created on August 21, 1876, by the Texas Legislature, but remained unorganized, as in that year it had only one settler. Its 1880 population was 32. After the Santa Fe Railroad was built across this area in 1887, settlement . . . — — Map (db m154116) HM
On US 60, 0 miles north of South Kiowa Street, on the left when traveling west.
In the 1800s, Comanche, Kiowa and other tribes camped along nearby Red Deer Creek, north of this site Arrow Sculptor: Charles A. Smith — — Map (db m154130) HM
On U.S. 60, 1.1 miles west of Ranch to Market Road 3367, on the left when traveling west.
Formed from Young and Bexar
Territories
Created, August 21, 1876
Organized, January 10, 1889
Named in honor of
John S. Roberts
A signer of the Texas Declaration
of Independence, and
Oran Milo Roberts
Governor of Texas, 1878-1882 . . . — — Map (db m55798) HM
On East Commercial Street (U.S. 60) east of South Carson Street, on the right when traveling east.
Prominently sited atop a grassy slope overlooking the town of Miami, the Roberts County Courthouse was built in 1913, during a time of regional economic development spurred by the oil and ranching industries. One of six Texas courthouses designed by . . . — — Map (db m55799) HM
On State Highway 70 at Farm to Market Road 282, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 70.
Settlers came to this locality in 1876. The county was organized in 1889. Pioneer school district no. 5 originated by court order in 1890 to serve this area with schools known as Tallahone, Poole, and Wayside, taught usually in homes. In 1914, . . . — — Map (db m93737) HM
