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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Sioux Falls is the county seat for Minnehaha County
Adjacent to Minnehaha County, South Dakota
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On 254th Street (County Road 122) at Scandia Drive, on the left when traveling east on 254th Street.
John Thompson, Pioneer
(1841-1913)
John Thompson arrived in America in 1854. He was a 13-year-old orphan who had lost his parents and sister to cholera during the long journey from Meraker, Norway. He was raised by an aunt in . . . — — Map (db m181288) HM
In 1881 Frank and Justin Pettigrew began construction of the power dam and flour mill at this site where portions of the foundation remain. The mill and the railroad were the nucleus of the town which was first called St. Olaf, later called Keyes, . . . — — Map (db m222277) HM
On 470th Avenue (County Highway 137) at 248th Street (County Highway 110), on the right when traveling south on 470th Avenue.
Incoming Norwegian pioneers homesteaded in this area in the early 1870s, and many of these newcomers built homes on the high ground overlooking Willow Creek. Some lived in dugout homes carved into hillsides, while others used the tough, thick . . . — — Map (db m205269) HM
On East Elm Street at South 2nd Avenue, on the left when traveling east on East Elm Street.
The First Schoolhouse
After the Brandon Township organized in 1880, this two-room wood frame schoolhouse was built in 1885. Alma Langhout taught these students during the 1914-1915 school year. The school was moved south across Elm Street . . . — — Map (db m230814) HM
The house was built around 1869 by Ole and Soren Bergeson, two
brothers who had immigrated to America from Norway with their
parents in 1851. Ole was one of the first settlers to homestead in Split
Rock Township where he and his wife, Bergitta, . . . — — Map (db m183964) HM
On Aspen Boulevard near South Splitrock Boulevard (State Route 11), on the right when traveling west.
Brandon Veteran's Memorial
United States of America
far left wall:
Abrahamson, Leo WWII ·
Albertson, Richard B. ·
Allen, Wayne ·
Ames, Wendell L. Korea ·
Andal, Roger Vietnam ·
Anderson, Alvin WWII ·
Anderson, Donald M. . . . — — Map (db m181915) WM
On South Splitrock Boulevard (State Highway 11) 0.4 miles south of South Sioux Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
In May of 1857, land speculators from the Dakota Land Company, of St. Paul, Minnesota Territory, surveyed and located the town site of Eminija in this immediate area. Eminija was the Santee Sioux Indian name for the Split Rock River . . . — — Map (db m198935) HM
On South Splitrock Boulevard (State Highway 11) 0.4 miles south of South Sioux Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
In 1922 pioneer archeologist Dr. W. H. Over recorded the Brandon Village site, the only documented prehistoric fortified village in Minnehaha County. It is located one-half mile west of this spot, on top of a narrow ridge 85 feet above the flood . . . — — Map (db m198934) HM
Near South McHardy Road, 0.1 miles south of East Aspen Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
The first Europeans to enter Minnehaha County in search of animal pelts to satisfy the demand abroad for furs may have been French trappers. Some historians believe that trader Charles Pierre Le Sueur, or his men, visited this area as early as 1683. . . . — — Map (db m198826) HM
Near South McHardy Road, 0.1 miles south of East Aspen Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
In 1870, Thorsten Lee homesteaded what is now part of McHardy Park. In 1972, owners Dr. Bryson and Hazel McHardy donated 35.85 acres of that land to Brandon Lions Club for park development. In 1973, lacking funds, the Lion's turned the property over . . . — — Map (db m198825) HM
Near East Custer Parkway east of East Sylvan Circle, on the left when traveling east.
After acquiring a quarter section of land in 1870 through the Homestead Act of 1862, Nels Nelson (N.N.) Graff and his wife Elise, Scandinavian immigrants, built a dugout where they lived the first three years. In 1873, Nels built the first permanent . . . — — Map (db m242346) HM
Near South McHardy Road, 0.1 miles south of East Aspen Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
Split Rock Creek is an unpretentious waterway that rises northeast of Ihlen, MN, and wanders through rich farmlands and quartzite walls until it joins the Big Sioux River approximately two miles southwest of this spot. In July 1879, this tranquil, . . . — — Map (db m198824) HM
On 479th Avenue, 0.5 miles south of 258th Street (County Highway 130), on the right when traveling south.
A group of emigrants from Sweden gathered in Lockport, Illinois, in the mid-1870s and dispatched N.J. Ronlund to inspect potential farmland near the Swedona settlement in Minnehaha County, Dakota Territory. Upon receiving his favorable report, 33 . . . — — Map (db m205270) HM
On Aspen Boulevard west of South Splitrock Boulevard (State Route 11), on the right when traveling west.
For hundreds of years, the land on which Brandon is situated was the home and hunting grounds of Native Americans. A prehistoric village site and numerous burial mounds are located nearby. Many early Brandon area settlers were of Norwegian descent; . . . — — Map (db m181916) HM
On South Splitrock Boulevard (State Highway 11) 0.4 miles south of South Sioux Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
The Eminija Mounds, the largest and most numerous burial mound group in South Dakota, were built by Native Americans of the Late Woodland Period and may date from 500 to 1000 A.D. The original group consisted of at least 38 dome-shaped burial . . . — — Map (db m198936) HM
Near 264th Street, 0.5 miles west of 484th Avenue (County Road 109), on the left when traveling west.
The Samuelson Family
Dakota Pioneers
John A. Samuelson was born in Sweden in 1837. He immigrated to the United States in 1868 and lived for one year in Iowa. In 1869, he came to Dakota Territory and filed on a homestead of 160 acres, . . . — — Map (db m222435) HM
Near 264th Street, 0.5 miles west of 484th Avenue (County Road 109), on the left when traveling west.
The 160-acre tract in this Nature Area was homesteaded by John A. Samuelson, (top left) originally from Sweden, who settled here in 1869. His first home was a dugout in the hillside where he and his wife Anna (bottom left) lived for three years and . . . — — Map (db m222432) HM
On East 3rd Street at South Sherman Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East 3rd Street.
Town founder John E. Colton is generally recognized as the driving force behind the establishment of a school district and three of a series of four public schools which met the educational needs of local children for 87 years. Colton was an . . . — — Map (db m205268) HM
On South Main Avenue at West 1st Street (County Road 110), on the right when traveling south on South Main Avenue.
John Edmund Colton
John E. Colton was born in Wisconsin in 1857. In April 1878 he moved to Minnehaha County, Dakota Territory, where he filed a preemption homestead claim to 160 acres of land. He remained on the land for 90 days, as required by . . . — — Map (db m186912) HM
On East 4th Street at South Charles Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East 4th Street.
Following the establishment of the 1897 Taopi Creamery at the future townsite of Colton, discussions began about the need for a farm-to-market railroad. Paul F. Sherman of Sioux Falls and John E. Colton, village founder, spearheaded a movement to . . . — — Map (db m186914) HM
On 248th Street (County Road 110) at 461st Avenue (County Road 155), on the right when traveling west on 248th Street.
In 1878 John B. Goddard and his family left their home near Taopi, Minn., and traveled by horse-drawn wagons to this site. They settled here in Dakota Territory, a sparsely populated area three miles beyond the end of the trail.
With his son . . . — — Map (db m186910) HM
On 462nd Avenue, 0.8 miles south of 245th Street, on the right when traveling north.
From 1906 to 1928 this was the site of Bethania Lutheran Church which is now a part of First Lutheran of Colton
Bethania Charter Members:
Mikkel Aker ·
Peder L. Aker ·
Peter P. Aker ·
Jens M. Berdahl ·
Mrs. Kristi Berge ·
Ole . . . — — Map (db m238357) HM
On 464th Avenue at 245th Street, on the right when traveling north on 464th Avenue.
Charles B. Huntimer and his wife Ellen Sweeney, born to German and Irish immigrants, and their infant daughter, settled near this site in 1878. They traveled from Wisconsin to Dakota Territory in an oxen-drawn covered wagon. Some years later they . . . — — Map (db m222269) HM
On 257th Street, 0.2 miles west of 468th Avenue (County Road 141), on the right when traveling west.
Unfavorable economic conditions in Sweden in the mid-1800s led many young people to search for a better life in America. In 1873 brothers Ben and Carl Johnson, Halmstad, Sweden, became the first Swedish immigrants to homestead in Benton Township. As . . . — — Map (db m187010) HM
On 471st Avenue north of 254th Street (County Road 122), on the left when traveling south.
The Little Nidaros Church is a replica of the Old Nidaros Church that was built in 1878 and is now located in Renner. Art Moe was inspired to build a replica as he daily drove past the Old Church on his way to work. Following retirement, Moe worked . . . — — Map (db m187027) HM
On 471st Avenue south of 254th Street (County Road 122), on the left when traveling south.
During the winter of 1880-1881, Iver Oyen made a number of ten-mile round trips between his homestead claim and a stand of timber along the Big Sioux River. After he felled, dressed, and debarked large cottonwood and maple trees, his team of horses . . . — — Map (db m187021) HM
On 257th Street, 0.2 miles west of 468th Avenue (County Road 141), on the right when traveling west.
Peter Byg was born near the tiny village of Halk, South Jutland, Denmark. After emigrating to America, in time he settled on a claim located 2˝ miles southwest of this spot. He built a sod dugout house where he lived with his wife, Anna Raven, and . . . — — Map (db m187016) HM
On 471st Avenue at 254th Street (County Road 122), on the right when traveling south on 471st Avenue.
The Nidaros Norwegian Lutheran Congregation, the first church in Minnehaha County, was organized by fifty pioneers on August 12, 1868, at the sod home of John and Kirsti Thompson on the west bank of the Big Sioux River about three miles southeast of . . . — — Map (db m187017) HM
On East 3rd Street at Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East 3rd Street.
Minnehaha Co. - Population 2145 in 1965
Named after the dells and rapids of the Big Sioux River, which flows through the town and reminded settlers of the dells of the Wisconsin River. First surveyed in 1859 and sub-divided in 1864. . . . — — Map (db m208403) HM
On East 3rd Street west of Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
This caboose was donated to the city of Dell Rapids by L.G. Everist Inc. in appreciation to the Milwaukee Railroad for 100 years of service to the Dell Rapids Community.
The Milwaukee Railroad first arrived in Dell Rapids on September 17th, . . . — — Map (db m208398) HM
On Beach Avenue, 0.2 miles south of East 3rd Street, on the left when traveling south.
whose vision and industry led to the establishment of the Dell Rapids Bathing Beach in 1917, this building is respectfully dedicated this 4th day of July, 1934
Built by the Dell Rapids Park Board and the city council in co-operation with the . . . — — Map (db m208405) HM
On 244th Street, 0.3 miles west of 476th Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
On a windy, cold, and damp 3rd of November 1938, the eyes and ears of the nation focused on Dell Rapids, host to the greatest annual competition of American agriculture: the National Corn Husking Contest. An estimated 125,000 people from all over . . . — — Map (db m222273) HM
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 m184708) HM
Near 252nd Street east of 481st Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Within short distance of this hill of peace eleven original pioneer families came in 1873 to claim the land and to give us birth
Johannes E. Berdahl ·
Mrs. Lars Brandvold ·
C. O. Henjum ·
Synneve Henjum ·
Thor Hermanson ·
Olaus . . . — — Map (db m208421) HM
Side 1 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 m188833) HM
On 5th Street (Local Route 5th) 0.2 miles west of Main Street, on the right when traveling west.
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
Near 252nd Street east of 481st Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Norway Lutheran Church was established by Norwegian-American pioneers on March 23, 1874 in Minnehaha County, Dakota Territory. They met in sod houses, schools and a lean-to until the building was completed. Land, where the church could be seen and . . . — — Map (db m208420) HM
Near 252nd Street east of 481st Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
This bell that called the people to worship is placed here to the memory of the men and women who endured the dangers and hardships of pioneer life, and still found time and money to build churches for themselves and for those who should follow . . . — — Map (db m208422) HM
Palisades State Park
Palisades State Park began with an initial gift of 20 acres from Mrs. Winona Axtell Lyon in 1947. During the next twenty years, smaller tracts were added to the park as money to purchase them became available. In 1969, . . . — — Map (db m208240) HM
On 252nd Street east of 479th Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
One of the deepest desires of Norwegian immigrants who settled in this area of the Slip-Up Creek was to have a church where they and their children might hear the saving gospel. On December 17, 1873, O. O. Sando, a circuit-riding preacher who served . . . — — Map (db m208419) HM
On Devil's Gulch Park Road, 0.5 miles north of 5th Street, on the left when traveling north.
Imagine a fall day in 1876. A man approaches, galloping on his horse as fast as they can go. They are trying to escape a posse after robbing a bank in Northfield, Minnesota. The man has already divided ways with his brother to help evade the lawmen, . . . — — Map (db m187036) HM
Settlers homesteaded in this area beginning in 1865. A feed and flour mill was built in the early 1870's, with power from a large wooden dam across Split Rock Creek east of this marker. A town, complete with three stores, livery barn, blacksmith . . . — — Map (db m208239) HM
On North Main Avenue at West 2nd Street on North Main Avenue.
Dedicated to the men and women of our community who come from every walk of life to serve our country in all wars so that we can enjoy the freedoms of democracy. — — Map (db m182276) WM
On North Main Avenue at West 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Avenue.
In 1878 when Hartford was first settled, it was called Oaksville after pioneer I.E. Oaks. The next year, the Worthington & Sioux Falls Railroad extended its line to Salem, South Dakota, and established a station at Oaksville. By 1881, the town, . . . — — Map (db m224417) HM
On 462nd Avenue south of 263rd Street, on the right when traveling south.
Relying on their faith in God, on June 6, 1881, a group of 33 German immigrant families met to establish a church under the leadership of Pastor G. Schmidt. These visionary pioneers bought five acres of land from a farmer named Carl Boy for $10 and . . . — — Map (db m212170) HM
On 457th Avenue (South Dakota Route 19) 0.2 miles south of 249th Street, on the right when traveling south.
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 m183490) HM
On 265th Street (South Dakota Route 42) at 456th Avenue (South Dakota Route 19), on the right when traveling west on 265th Street.
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 Anna Gage. The . . . — — Map (db m183487) HM
On 1st Avenue north of 4th Street, on the right when traveling south.
The first school in Lyons was built in 1879-80 as a one room building with an entrance. The school was furnished with homemade desks and a blackboard painted on a wall. Construction of a new masonry building started around 1920-21. Because the old . . . — — Map (db m237376) HM
On 249th Street, 1.4 miles east of 453rd Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Doug Horsted died of cancer on January 18, 2000 at the age of 36. An avid sportsman, hunter, and fisherman, he took every opportunity to enjoy the outdoors with family and friends. He especially enjoyed pheasant, waterfowl, and deer hunting on the . . . — — Map (db m205267) HM
On 258th Street (County Road 130) 0.4 miles west of 475th Avenue (State Route 115), on the right when traveling west.
During a round barn building boom in South Dakota, Alfred and Marit Christensen, together with relatives and neighbors, built a round dairy barn one-third mile northeast of this marker. Forty round barns were built in the state between 1903 and . . . — — Map (db m181305) HM
On 258th Street (County Road 130) 0.8 miles west of 475th Avenue (State Route 115), on the right when traveling west.
Lindbergh Landing
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh was the first to fly non-stop from New York to Paris. The 33˝-hour solo flight on May 20-21, 1927, in a single engine monoplane, was a phenomenal aeronautical achievement which fascinated the . . . — — Map (db m181301) HM
On 258th Street (County Road 130) at Church Avenue, on the right when traveling west on 258th Street.
Rebuilt 1878 from timbers of wind-wrecked church south from Baltic.
Moved to Baltic 1912.
Moved to Renner 1939.
Oldest church in use in South Dakota. — — Map (db m181290) HM
On 258th Street (County Highway 130) 0.8 miles west of 475th Avenue (State Highway 115), on the right when traveling west.
We fight for our freedom and we fight for peace, one day we might not have to fight at all! You look up to the American flag and you see a flag, I look up to the American flag and I see all the people who gave their lives for freedom.
Becky H. . . . — — Map (db m181304) WM
On 258th Street (County Road 130) 0.8 miles west of 475th Avenue (State Route 115), on the right when traveling west.
Leonard Renner, a German immigrant and a Union Army Civil War veteran, came to Dakota Territory in 1878. He acquired farm land in Mapleton Township. Years later, the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad built a track . . . — — Map (db m181296) HM
On 481st Avenue (South Dakota Route 11) 0.5 miles north of South Dakota Route 42, on the right when traveling south.
Ole B. Iverson, his father Iver, brother Peter and brother-in-law Andy had no established roads to follow when they came to Dakota Territory in 1868. They had to wade or ford rivers and streams as best they could. These men, from near Decorah, Iowa, . . . — — Map (db m181919) HM
On South Dakota Route 42 west of Douglas Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
In 1874 the first Sunday school was held in the crude dugout home of Madison and Elizabeth Webster. The pupils studied directly from the Bible for several years until additional materials were purchased from a traveling missionary. A Methodist . . . — — Map (db m181619) HM
On South Dakota Route 42, 0.6 miles west of 483rd Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
On July 27, 1888, Thomas Ryan of Dubuque, Iowa, purchased land for the Rowena townsite in the SEĽ, Section 26, Split Rock Township from Nelson Webster. On October 10, 1888, Ryan platted the town into 43 city blocks and named the streets after . . . — — Map (db m181618) HM
Near North Walts Avenue south of West Bailey Street, on the right when traveling south.
Sponsors:
Disabled American Veterans,
Sioux Falls
Patron: DAV Member Dale Weir
Dedicated to the honor of all who have been called to the service of our country, often at great personal sacrifice. May this sentry always remind us to . . . — — Map (db m207935) HM WM
On Park Access Road, 0.6 miles west of South Minnesota Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
Manfred Georg Sigismund Szameit was born in Madüsee, Pomerania, Germany, on September 10, 1936. Three years later, Fuehrer Adolph Hitler ordered Nazi Germany armies to invade Poland. This action greatly worried Manfred's father Heinrich. Concerned . . . — — Map (db m187263) HM
Near South Cliff Avenue, 0.2 miles south of East 41st Street, on the right when traveling south.
After a strong coalition of civic organizations urged the city to build Falls Park and to set up a City Specification Committee within the Chamber of Commerce, such a study was conducted in 1967-68. The subsequent transformation of the appearance . . . — — Map (db m197452) HM
On West 22nd Street, 0.1 miles west of South Western Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Beginning in 1873, for four consecutive summers great swarms of grasshoppers riding prevailing winds reached the Midwestern states and territories where they landed and destroyed farmers' field crops. Although several huge clouds of grasshoppers . . . — — Map (db m208637) HM
On Iverson Crossing Road, 0.4 miles west of 481st Avenue (State Highway 11), on the left when traveling west.
Long before bridges spanned the Big Sioux River, travelers and settlers forded the river at this location. Pioneer Ole B. Iverson, a Norwegian immigrant, homesteaded here in 1868 and "Iverson Crossing" became a common point of reference and a local . . . — — Map (db m199014) HM
On South Highline Place north of East 18th Street, on the right when traveling south.
On a cold 1936 New Year's Eve about 160 yards west of this spot, there occurred a dramatic and unlikely attempt to commit murder. At 9:35 p.m. a large powder storehouse exploded. Inside were 310 25-pound kegs of powder, over 3000 pounds of dynamite, . . . — — Map (db m186532) 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
On West Indian Mound Place, on the right when traveling west.
For several thousand years ancient peoples quarried veins of pure copper in the Lake Superior area. First, they built fires next to exposed raw copper to loosen it from bedrock. Next, they used handheld stone mauls to dislodge chunks of copper that . . . — — Map (db m197252) HM
Near South 4th Avenue west of East Park Drive, on the right when traveling south.
A Park Born in Controversy
Helen McKennan's will, gifting 20 acres of land for a new park, became the center of intense public debate after her death in 1906. She also gave her home, the former residence of Col. Melvin Grigsby, to be sold to . . . — — Map (db m186530) HM
On West 22nd Street, on the left when traveling west.
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
On East Amidon Street, 0.1 miles west of North Cliff Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
About 200 yards southwest of this marker is the location long supposed by historians to be the burial site of Judge Joseph Amidon and his son William, ambushed and killed by Santee Sioux warriors on August 25, 1862. The Sioux war party was under . . . — — Map (db m194668) HM
Near West 18th Street west of South Grange Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
In June of 1894, inspired by tales of marvelous progress in medicine at the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition, a small group of Lutheran clergy and laymen banded together to form a hospital association. They organized Sioux Falls Hospital . . . — — Map (db m238362) HM
Near North Walts Avenue south of West Bailey Street, on the right when traveling south.
Captain, U.S. Army, 15th Infantry, 3d Division
Crossing of the Volturno River, Italy, 13 October 1943
G.O. No.: 71, 31 August 1944 Born 20 April 1915, Greenville, Iowa;
Entered service at Toronto, South Dakota
For conspicuous gallantry . . . — — Map (db m208040) 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
On 41st Street west of Riverview Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Banning's Crossing takes its name from brothers Abraham, Richard and David Banning who settled near here on the east side of the Big Sioux River in 1876. The next year Abraham and David built a grist mill to grind locally grown wheat into flour. The . . . — — Map (db m199019) HM
On West 12th Street (State Highway 42) just west of South Kiwanis Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
[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
Near North Weber Avenue, 0.2 miles south of East Falls Park Drive, on the right when traveling south.
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
Near South Cliff Avenue, 0.1 miles north of East Otonka Trail, on the right when traveling north.
Sioux Falls based Raven Industries development team led by Ed Yost, under contract with the United States Navy, worked from 1958 through 1960 to develop a self-powered hot air balloon capable of sustained flight. The first flight conducted on Oct. . . . — — Map (db m197448) HM
On West Algonquin Street, 0.1 miles east of North Industrial Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Following victory in Europe during World War II, the Sioux Falls Army Air Base became a reception center for airmen returning to be redeployed to the war in the Pacific. A twin-engine B-25 bomber, Army 0577, was added to the base fleet. Christened . . . — — Map (db m194613) 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
Near South Perry Place, 0.1 miles north of State Highway 42, on the right when traveling north.
to start to develop new leaves, branches, or flowers
header:
Phillips Ave and 9th Street, looking North, 1886.
Photo Courtesy of Siouxland Heritage Museums in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Decorative
The . . . — — Map (db m199075) HM
On East 24th Street, 0.1 miles east of South Bruce Road, on the right when traveling east.
At age 11, William F. Cody was forced to find work after his father died. During his colorful life (1846--1917) Cody was a messenger, Pony Express rider, Civil War soldier, army scout, guide, and Indian fighter. He earned his nickname, "Buffalo . . . — — Map (db m206792) HM
Near East Rice Street, 1.5 miles east of North Bahnson Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Early geologic research into glacial deposits indicated that during the Ice Age there were only four periods of glaciation in North America. Today fourteen episodes of glaciation are recognized. Deposits from five of these episodes are found in . . . — — Map (db m205272) 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
Near North Walts Avenue south of West Bailey Street, on the right when traveling south.
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 17th U.S. Infantry
El Caney, Cuba, 1 July 1898. Date of issue: 21 June 1899
Born Cheyenne Agency, South Dakota
Entered service at Fort D.A. Russell, Wyoming
Gallantly assisted in the rescue of the wounded from . . . — — Map (db m208048) HM
On East River Boulevard, 0.3 miles west of South Southeastern Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
A Sioux quartzite ledge, located near this site on the west bank of the north-flowing Big Sioux River, was known to early residents as Cherry Rock. On scorching hot, sultry summer afternoons the more daring used the outcropping as a platform to leap . . . — — Map (db m199867) 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
On East 10th Street (State Highway 42) at South Van Eps Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East 10th Street.
Here stood the landmark Children's Home Society of South Dakota (CHS) "house of stone" orphanage, erected in 1901. Designed by Wallace Dow.
CHS began in 1893, operating out of a rented house in central Sioux Falls, as co-founders William and . . . — — Map (db m208676) HM
On South 2nd Avenue, 0.2 miles north of East 26th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Melvin Grigsby enlisted in the Union Army at the age of 16. Captured by the Confederates, he was confined in four different prisons, including the infamous Andersonville prison. After escaping in 1865, he joined Gen. W. T. Sherman's army. Later he . . . — — Map (db m186531) HM
On W. 22nd Street, 0.1 miles west of S. Holly Street, on the right when traveling east.
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
On South Perry Place, 0.1 miles north of State Highway 42, on the left when traveling north.
to break up soil or prepare the land with a tool for planting; to grow a plant or crop
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Photo Courtesy of Siouxland Heritage Museum in Sioux Falls, South Dakota [SHM 92.8.3]
Stone Cutting Tools . . . — — Map (db m199155) HM
Near North Walts Avenue south of West Bailey Street, on the right when traveling south.
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is a nonprofit, nonpolitical, volunteer women's service organization. It is dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and securing America's future . . . — — Map (db m241915) HM
On W. 22nd Street at S. Holly Street, on the right when traveling east on W. 22nd Street.
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
On South Perry Place, 0.1 miles north of State Highway 42, on the right when traveling north.
to scatter, the natural distribution of seeds, to become widespread
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Dell Rapids, 2007.
Quarrying Today
Even though quarry operations have come to an end in East . . . — — Map (db m199076) HM
On W 18th St, 0.5 miles west of S. Grange, on the right when traveling west.
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
On West Indian Mound Place, 0.1 miles west of South Kiwanis Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Pioneer archeologist Dr. William H. Over mapped two 1600s' Omaha earth-hut villages located along the nearby banks of the Big Sioux River. He noted that the south village was "a very old site" and that the larger village "lying 500 yds. to the north . . . — — Map (db m197249) HM
On South Perry Place, 0.1 miles north of State Highway 42, on the left when traveling north.
to change, to develop gradually to become more advanced and complex
Plant Communities
A plant community is a group of living plant species that all naturally grow together in one location. All the plants in a community share the . . . — — Map (db m199154) HM
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