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
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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
