Related Historical Markers

By Ruth VanSteenwyk

The Queen Bee Mill Marker

SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER

1 ► South Dakota, Minnehaha County, Sioux Falls — The Queen Bee Mill —

The Queen Bee Mill, a goliath among mills in early Dakota Territory, once stood tall and proud here on the bank of the Big Sioux River. A large quartzite deposit on the site was used to build an impressive seven-story flour mill. The . . . — — Map (db m124251) HM

2 ► South Dakota, Minnehaha County, Sioux Falls — Hive of the Queen City —

The Falls were at the heart of the young city of Sioux Falls — nicknamed the Queen City. The Queen Bee Mill stood at the most powerful point of the Falls and was a center of activity in the 1880s. The Queen Bee Mill was sited to take full . . . — — Map (db m124190) HM