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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Adjacent to Minnehaha County, South Dakota
▶ Lake County(5) ▶ Lincoln County(4) ▶ McCook County(3) ▶ Moody County(6) ▶ Turner County(2) ▶ Lyon County, Iowa(3) ▶ Pipestone County, Minnesota(4) ▶ Rock County, Minnesota(1)
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In 1908 the Western Bridge and Construction Co. of Omaha, Nebraska, built this Pratt-Through Truss Bridge. Workers fastened beams together with diagonal bracing to create a strong rigid framework. Each beam of a truss bridge shares a portion of the . . . — — Map (db m68663) HM
Side1 The Reconstruction Finance Corporation. (RFC) granted a $410,000 relief loan to South Dakota in 1932, the third year of the Great Depression, Garretson became one of five towns in the county allotted funds.
Its City Council then . . . — — Map (db m139331) HM
Two events in the 1870s in eastern Minnehaha County, Dakota Territory, provided the stimulus leading to the beginning of the town of Garretson. The first was the founding of the now-vanished village of Palisade, often referred to as Garretson’s . . . — — Map (db m69089) HM
Townsite of Hartman was homesteaded in 1878 by John Hartmann, Sr. Town started in January 1899. Hans J. Johnson, Postmaster & General Store; Charles F. Bartling, Creamery; Jarvis W. Phelps, Blacksmith; John and Carl Johnson, Farm Implements; John . . . — — Map (db m93588) HM
Front
On plains where Native Americans once hunted vast herds of buffalo, a country general store called Wellington Corner sprang up at this location in 1921. The first building, which became the ice house, was constructed by Luther and . . . — — Map (db m93596) HM
Side A
Since 1872 only one earthquake centered in Minnehaha county has been recorded. A mild quake with an intensity of IV on the Mercalli scale and a magnitude of 4.1 on the Richter scale affected 5000 square miles in this region and 3:37 . . . — — Map (db m133545) HM
USS South Dakota: 17 - 40mm Quad Mounts
Total - 68 Guns
Guns can be operated single fire or
Fully automatic - 120 rounds per minute
Basic gun crew for quad mount:
Mount Capt, Pointer, Trainer,
4-Loaders, 4-Ammunition Passers . . . — — Map (db m146020) HM WM
Side A
During most of the 19th century, few women completed high school
and only daughters of the privileged or well educated had an
opportunity for a higher education. In 1881 seventeen women met
in Boston, Massachusetts, to discuss . . . — — Map (db m97577) HM
The son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Lincoln had to struggle for a living and for learning. Five months before receiving his party's nomination for President, he sketched his life.
"I was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. . . . — — Map (db m112639) HM
(side one)
Settlers arrived in this area in the 1860s. Later they began quarrying its vast deposits of quartzite. East Sioux Falls, a rough-and-tumble quarrymen's town, began in 1887 and flourished for several years. The financial . . . — — Map (db m131971) HM
Drake Polishing Works operated on the east bank of the river, across from where you are now standing. Like other industries that located by the falls, it used the flow of the Big Sioux River to run its equipment. Unlike the other industries, . . . — — Map (db m112814) HM
[Marker Front]
On June 7, 1941, Vera Bushfield, wife of the governor of South Dakota, smashed a bottle of champagne against the towering bow of a new battleship and proudly proclaimed, “I christen thee South Dakota!” While an . . . — — Map (db m40516) HM
In the city's early days, the falls attracted both industry and pleasure seekers. During their leisure time, settlers and visitors enjoyed both the falls and Seney Island
The Island, as it was called by early residents, was an oasis for . . . — — Map (db m124198) HM
Mfr - Cramp Shipbuilding Co
Diameter - 17' - 6" Wt - 18.2 Ton
Bu. Eng. Serial No. 6304
USS South Dakota had two - 4 blade
inboard propellers and two - 5 blade
outboard propellers. Thrust from
the four propellers - 130,00 HP . . . — — Map (db m146035) HM
Side 1
Dr. W.H. Over, South Dakota's first archeologist, sketched maps of two 1600s' Omaha earth-hut villages in present-day lower Sherman Park. He also outlined a 51-feet in diameter Omaha dance bowl or circle in the upper park.
. . . — — Map (db m139437) HM
Side 1
In the first half of the 20th century, periodic epidemics of polio rattled the nation with waves of critically ill patients, terrified parents, and overwhelmed hospitals. The polio virus attacked the nervous system, causing . . . — — Map (db m101278) HM
(side 1)
Between 1870 and 1920, Phillips Avenue was the center of a thriving cigar manufacturing industry. An average of four or five small cigar factories operated within a few blocks of this spot. Because the typical smoker consumed . . . — — Map (db m124098) HM
Front Columbus College began in 1909 in Chamberlain. S. Dak., and operated there for 12 years. With the inspiration of Bishop Thomas O'Gorman, the all-male prep school, high school, and college were moved to Sioux Falls and reopened in . . . — — Map (db m92174) HM
Since the territorial days of 1870s, Jewish people have played an important role in the social, economic and cultural life of South Dakota. In the 1880s, Sioux Falls experienced an influx of Reformed Jews from Germany, who became some of the city’s . . . — — Map (db m134205) HM
On this site in March 1910, Bernard Scott Reardon, Sr. and an associate founded the Dakota Iron Store as a wholesale distributor of heavy hardware, farm equipment, and automotive parts and supplies.
In 1975 the corporate name was changed to DaKon . . . — — Map (db m124197) HM
Front Near the beginning of the 19th century two wars were fought in two widely separated Spanish possessions. Men from South Dakota were federal combatants in both conflicts. The 1898 Spanish-American War was fought in Cuba, only 90 miles . . . — — Map (db m92196) HM
(side one)
Between 1877 and 1909, Sioux Falls was known as the “Divorce Capital of the Nation.” Lenient residency laws and multiple divorce grounds were available in Dakota Territory and South Dakota. Wealthy men and women from . . . — — Map (db m124187) HM
The Van Demark name is synonymous with orthopedic surgery in South Dakota. Dr. Guy Van Demark (1879-1963) was the first orthopedic surgeon in South Dakota. 'Dr. Guy' and Irene Fisher Coon, R.N., founded the original specialized crippled . . . — — Map (db m123104) HM
E.A. Sherman is recognized as the father of the Sioux Falls park system. To commemorate his work, J.K. Daniels & the Roman Bronze Works of New York was commissioned to create this bronze portrait in 1917. It was rededicated in Honor of the Park . . . — — Map (db m131976) HM
Over history the falls have been revered by many different Native American cultures. No formal archaeological digs have been performed at the falls area, but stone tools have been found throughout the region. The area surrounding the falls was . . . — — Map (db m124493) HM
Through the combined efforts of the Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation Board, the Northern States Power company, and the River Improvement Society (Rise). This bridge is dedicated to the people of Sioux Falls to provide better access to the city's . . . — — Map (db m112815) HM
Floods have been common along the Big Sioux River for hundreds of years. The combination of flat land, heavy snows, and spring rains can be disastrous. One of the most devastating floods occurred in 1881. The winter had been particularly harsh, . . . — — Map (db m124499) HM
(side one)
Residents fled Sioux Falls City, Dakota Territory, after the 1862 slaying of the Amidons. The town site was abandoned until May 5, 1865, when Lt. Col. John Pattee chose this location for Fort Brookings, a new military post.
. . . — — Map (db m124189) HM
Quartzite is the stone you see revealed throughout Falls Park. Sioux Quartzite is the local name for his stone. It was also called Jasper. Sioux Quartzite provided both the physical and financial base for the city of Sioux Falls.
Quartzite is . . . — — Map (db m124199) HM
This spot is near the center of an area called “Siouxland,” so named by writer Frederick F. Manfred (1912–1994). Manfred established a distinct identity for this region, the drainage basin of the Big Sioux River. It includes parts . . . — — Map (db m92175) HM
All Saints School was founded in 1884 by Bishop William Hobart Hare as an Episcopalian
boarding school for daughters of missionary clergy men and other young women in Dakota Territory. In memory of his late wife and in tribute to all women, he . . . — — Map (db m131969) HM
During the City's early years, a number of industries located at the Falls of the Big Sioux River and used the energy produced by the river's flow to run their machinery.
The Queen Bee Mill and the Sioux Falls Light & Power Company . . . — — Map (db m124191) HM
With a pioneer spirit Hazel O'Connor has continually let the way toward a better Sioux Falls. One of her many special concerns has been the Big Sioux River and the falls, the city's namesake. As a leader of the City Federation of Women's clubs, . . . — — Map (db m112819) HM
An early pioneer and land
speculator in Sioux Falls,
Helen McKennan
recognized a need for
city parks. She donated
her home and 20 acres of
adjacent land in 1906 to
become what is now
known as McKennan Park.
Martin . . . — — Map (db m113432) HM
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
Directly east is the Illinois Central Railroad Passenger Depot. The Illinois Central, the fourth railroad company to extend its service to Sioux Falls, opened its line and passenger depot in December, 1887. The building became a freight depot after . . . — — Map (db m124587) HM
"The vast granite walls which have stood for years, rugged and wildly picturesque, a great and inspiring example of the handwork of God, are being smoothed away by the kiss of the hammer and the marvelous power of the explosives".
. . . — — Map (db m112813) HM
In these mounds were buried the physical remains of Indians who lived in eastern South Dakota 1600 years ago. Radiocarbon testing established the time of the burials. Known to archaeologists as the Woodland Indians, they moved westward from the . . . — — Map (db m139819) HM
In the 1880s, wheat was among the major crops grown locally, and the need to process the grain locally arose. In 1877, the Cascade Mill purchased water rights and five acres of land on the east side of the Big Sioux River, north of Eighth Street, . . . — — Map (db m124498) HM
(side 1)
The changing of global sea levels over millions of years was a major factor in determining the ancient geography of Minnehaha County. Through much of geologic time, salty warm-water seas covered the interior of the United . . . — — Map (db m124175) HM
National Register of Historic Places
Constructed in 1899 (with an addition in 1909) by Jewett Bros. to house their wholesale food business, this building was placed on the National Register in 1983 as part of the Old Courthouse and Warehouse . . . — — Map (db m124497) HM
Lady Liberty first graced McKennan Park in 1942 although the statue was not formally dedicated until August 1, 1943. As several thousand watched, twins Thelma and Elma Iverson unveiled a wood carving of the Statue of Liberty. The statue had been . . . — — Map (db m113437) HM
The late-Wisconsin Glacier was no ordinary sheet of ice! The glacier was one mile thick and it stretched from eastern Ohio to the Missouri River. It caused North America's most recent Ice Age, about 14,000 years ago.
As the glacier pushed . . . — — Map (db m112817) HM
Side 1
When T.H. Lewis surveyed burial mounds in this area in 1884, he sketched an unusual and puzzling linear or "cigar" shaped mound at this spot. Lying from the southeast to the northwest, it measured 60 by 20 feet and was 1 foot . . . — — Map (db m139854) HM
On December 28, 1890, 500 well-armed soldiers of the Seventh Cavalry surrounded a tepee camp of 350 Lakota prisoners of war at Wounded Knee Creek S.D. During a search for weapons the next morning, a Lakota accidentally discharged his rifle. Reacting . . . — — Map (db m131968) HM
(side one)
After the United States declared war against Spain in 1898, Jonas H. Lien enlisted into the First Regiment of the newly formed South Dakota Volunteer Infantry. The regiment was mustered into federal service at Camp Dewey in . . . — — Map (db m124196) HM WM
(side one)
Almost 1.2 billion years ago molten rock called magma from deep in the Earth flowed up between two adjoining tectonic plates them located under present day eastern Minnesota. Through a process called rifting some magma . . . — — Map (db m133547) HM
In 1902, the Manchester Biscuit Company came to Sioux Falls and built a two-story quartzite building on East Sixth Street. By 1909, the building had expanded to include a third floor and a three-story addition was added to the south. In 1915, the . . . — — Map (db m124638) HM
This radar antenna was removed from the USS South Dakota BB-57 when she was sold for scrap in 1962. For many years it was on display at the Naval Historical Center in Washington, D.C.
Four of these units were originally installed on the South . . . — — Map (db m146014) HM
South Dakota Mahogany Granite - Sculptor Darold E. Bailey - 1999
Herds of Buffalo Roamed the Falls Area in the 1800's
The First Sculpture at Falls Park
Sioux Falls Sponsors
Denny and Char Oviati
Freda Horsmann Dawley
David . . . — — Map (db m112687) HM
Side 1
Pioneer archeologist Dr. W.H. Over recorded that the prehistoric builders of the nearby Sherman Park burial mounds lived in a 10-acre village on a lower terrace south of this location. The village extended west from 26th Street . . . — — Map (db m139822) HM
Sioux Falls took its name from these falls which are located in the Big Sioux River. Surrounded by a sea of grass, the falls were a remarkable discovery for explorers. For the land speculators that followed the explorers, these falls provided an . . . — — Map (db m127423) HM
(panel 1)
On October 2, 1913, the grand opening of the Orpheum Theater at 315 N. Phillips Avenue was a full-dress affair with patrons paying the unheard of price of $5 per seat. First nighters were entertained with a full line-up. . . . — — Map (db m124195) HM
The realization of a grand vision to restore the natural beauty of our city’s most historic and important landmark
Falls Park is the city’s historic birthplace. The almost mystical allure of the falls has always been a powerful influence. . . . — — Map (db m124588) HM
With World War II threatening the tranquility of the United States in 1940, Oscar Ellefson, caretaker and builder of many early McKennan Park attractions, proposed a new project. Ellefson envisioned designing and building two pillars made of . . . — — Map (db m113450) HM
This is one of the two hatches from the conning tower of the USS South Dakota.
Thickness - 16" Weight - 6,000#
The conning tower was located at 04 level which was about 35' above the main deck
Conning tower armor: sides - 16" Thick . . . — — Map (db m146024) HM
The Search
In late 1924, Richard Pettigrew began searching for a sacred boulder to add to his museum. He had heard about a large rock with symbols on it called Medicine Rock, located near Gettysburg, South Dakota. Pettigrew wanted . . . — — Map (db m131985) HM
(side one)
Train loads of visitors swarmed to Sioux Falls on October 14, 1899, to see the first president ever to visit South Dakota. The city appeared to be “one blaze of national colors.” Hundreds of flags waved, and . . . — — Map (db m124182) HM
(side 1)
President Woodrow Wilson came to Sioux Falls on September 8, 1919, as part of a 29-city campaign to stump for the Treaty of Versailles, which included the League of Nations. An excited crowd of onlookers cheered the 28th . . . — — Map (db m124172) HM
(Side One)
Congress appropriated $30,000 in 1881 for the construction of a prison in Sioux Falls to serve Dakota Territory. In order to finance a building large enough to house up to 150 inmates, the territorial legislature . . . — — Map (db m131714) HM
1.2 billion years ago intense heat and pressure transformed pure quartz sandstone into quartzite rock. The sandstone originated from sand deposited on the floor of an ancient ocean. Later, as glaciers moved across the area, large portions of the . . . — — Map (db m124640) HM
(side one)
Streets and alleys were paved with stone well into the 20th century. Between 1892 and 1916, 17 contracts were awarded to pave 50 blocks of local streets. Within a few years, the stones were paved over or torn up. Complaints . . . — — Map (db m131987) HM
The Great Dakota Land Boom took place from the late 1870s through the 1880s. This influx of settlers was driven largely by rapid railroad expansion. In 1878, the first rail service arrived in Sioux Falls and by 1888 it had five lines. The population . . . — — Map (db m124641) HM
Manchester Biscuit Company was well known for its Big Sioux Biscuits and other treats, which it continued making until 1961 when the plant in Sioux Falls closed. That same year, Raven Industries purchased the building. Raven Industries was formed in . . . — — Map (db m124639) HM
While the Big Sioux River was primarily of industrial importance to the settlement of Sioux Falls, it also has an equally important history for recreation.
The First Public Report of the Board of Parks Supervisors of 1915-1920 called for . . . — — Map (db m124495) HM
(panel 1)
”If you didn't drink whiskey, play cards, use your fists or otherwise intimidate, you didn't belong in the arena with Frank Pettigrew… a man who came to the Dakotas with nothing but desire, talent and ambition. He pitched . . . — — Map (db m124226) HM
On February 6, 1911, Ronald Wilson Reagan was born to Nelle and John Reagan in Tampico, Illinois. He attended high school in nearby Dixon and then worked his way through Eureka College. There, he studied economics and sociology, played on the . . . — — Map (db m112633) HM
With pioneer spirit, the 28 year old Mr. Sherman arrived in Sioux Falls in June of 1873. He invested in real estate, milling, banking, an electric plant, and a railway company.
E.A. Sherman was involved in the community as County . . . — — Map (db m131984) HM
(South Side)
E.A. Sherman Devoted his life to creating and promoting a park system in Sioux Falls. After unsuccessfully lobbing for the creation of a park commission, Sherman began his legacy with a 1907 election to the city council. . . . — — Map (db m131978) HM
On Sunday July 11, 1920, at McKennan Park, several thousand people attended the first concert of the Sioux Falls Municipal Band. A year earlier, in the first city election allowing women to vote, citizens approved a proposal to support a city . . . — — Map (db m113433) HM
The 1862 Sioux Uprising, a result of unjust government treatment, claimed many Indian and non-Indian lives. Near this place on August 25, 1862, two of its victims, Judge Joseph B. Amidon and his son, William, were killed while making hay on their . . . — — Map (db m95061) HM
Andrew Kuehn built this quartzite building in 1903 for a wholesale grocery distribution center and warehouse. A German, Kuehn came alone to America at age 15 in 1870. After working his way across the midwest, he settled in Sioux Falls in 1900 where . . . — — Map (db m124248) HM
Side 1 Between about 1913 and 1920, adventurous children and adults could enjoy exciting rides on a giant plank-and-timber, tin-lined slide which began near this marker. The slide was the creation of Edwin A. Sherman, a
local real estate . . . — — Map (db m139332) HM
From 1887 to about 1913, this area, bordering the Big Sioux River, was the thriving community of East Sioux Falls. The city boasted a hotel, several boarding houses, saloons and retail stores, a town hall, a cricket team, at least three church . . . — — Map (db m113402) HM
The City of Sioux Falls purchased this land in 1905 to be used as a Farmer's Market. Architect Joseph Schwarz designed the auditorium. Constructed in 1917 for $218,000 it features Art Deco adornment both inside and out. The main floor and three . . . — — Map (db m124193) HM
The Dubuque House,Sioux Falls’ first hotel, was built about 350 yards due west of this spot by Wilmot W. Brookings and members of the Western Town Company of Dubuque, Iowa, in September 1857. In the previous year, they had staked out . . . — — Map (db m91556) HM
Side 1
Between 300 to 1000 A.D., stone-age people of the Late Woodland culture lived nearby. They were among the first permanent residents of Sioux Falls. Proof of their existence is provided by the line of five burial mounds that they . . . — — Map (db m139820) HM
1873 near this site was erected
The First School House
in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
This tablet placed by Mary Chilton Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution 1929 — — Map (db m124200) HM
(side 1)
In 1891, the Unites States Government purchased the southeast corner lot on Phillips Avenue and 12th Street for $8,000 for the construction of a government building. While everyone agreed that the fledgling city of Sioux Falls . . . — — Map (db m124096) HM
The vision of trying to obtain a 16" - 94 ton 62 ft long battleship gun barrel had it's beginning in November 1992. While Captain Witte, USNR (Ret), president of the Battleship Memorial Foundation was showing a Veterans Day guest speaker the . . . — — Map (db m146030) HM
(side 1)
Early day justice Minnehaha County, Dakota Territory, overlooked innocence when gallows were erected near this site for the hanging of Thomas Egan, a pioneer immigrant farmer from County Tipperary in Ireland. Egan . . . — — Map (db m124100) HM
Here is preserved
the Old Yankton Trail
and
Stage Road
Over this trail the people of
Sioux Falls fled to Yankton
under cavalry escort for
safety from hostile
Sioux Indians, Aug. 28, 1862 — — Map (db m97298) HM
This view of the lower level of the Hydroelectric plant shows the massive pipes that channeled the river's flow to three electric generators. Water entered the plant through the flume at the back of the room and flowed through the large gate . . . — — Map (db m112689) HM
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
The Sioux Quartzite, deposited more than a billion years ago, is among the oldest rock exposed in South Dakota. The quartzite and associated pipestone deposits were known to white men as early as 1822, but the American Indian used pipestone . . . — — Map (db m124602) HM
Richard Franklin Pettigrew was 20 years old in the spring of 1869 when he first came to Dakota Territory from Wisconsin as a member of a government surveying party. Pettigrew decided to settle in Sioux Falls, and join in the building of a . . . — — Map (db m131972) HM
Urban renewal was a movement that provided for the development of aging and underutilized city neighborhoods. During the 1960s, light industry and warehouses had begun to move out of downtown Sioux Falls. The area near Seventh Street and the Big . . . — — Map (db m124496) HM
The outline of this ship was erected by the officers and men of the Naval Reserve in cooperation with the Sioux Falls Bi-Centennial Commission, Sioux Falls Park Department and the Battleship Foundation. It is dedicated to the Officers and men who . . . — — Map (db m146017) WM
(side one)
For most of the 119 years between 1873 and 1992, a majority of Sioux Falls children attended one of three successive public schools erected on this site. The first, an unnamed small wood-frame elementary school, was replaced . . . — — Map (db m124194) HM
On September 24, 1888, soon after the Illinois Central Railroad entered Minnehaha County, the town of Ben Clare, Dakota Territory, was platted by Benjamin B. Richards. A product of the enthusiasm created by the great “Dakota Boom”. . . . — — Map (db m155826) HM
Side A No one knows when the first people came to live on the land
that now comprises Minnehaha County, but native Woodland and
Oneota peoples were here over 1000 years ago. The Big
Sioux River which flows south through the county, . . . — — Map (db m97379) HM
1859
Set at the junction of the states of Minnesota, Iowa and Dakota Territory by the Federal Land Office survey of Minnesota 's western boundary.
Early 1900's
Removed after partial destruction by vandals.
1938
Repaired . . . — — Map (db m102486) HM
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