Gettysburg was founded in 1883 by Civil War veterans who set out to establish a colony for Union soldiers named after the famous battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania-our sister city since June 1991.
They organized Meade Post # 32, a chapter of . . . — — Map (db m246500) HM
Originally located near mouth of Little Cheyenne River 15 miles west it was to be inundated by the Oahe Dam and so moved here.
White men, ascending the Missouri, observed this huge rock on a hillside and were told by the Indians it was a Sacred . . . — — Map (db m246332) HM
Don't look now. Because that site is normally under 50 feet of
water. 125 feet from the shore at a point 1.15 miles northeast along a meandering shore line, from the point this road finally runs into the Oahe Reservoir. It was a landmark in . . . — — Map (db m184292) HM
This statue of a Civil War veteran was erected
to pay tribute to those veterans who settled
Potter County. Potter County was initially named
Ashmore, but later named Potter by the 1877
Dakota Territory Legislature. Gettysburg was
first . . . — — Map (db m125778) HM WM
Potter County Area Veterans Memorial
John J. Peters
American Legion
Post 159
Hoven, SD
Dahnke-Menkins
American Legion
Post 188
Lebanon, SD
Winston M. Toomey
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 8530
Gettysburg, SD . . . — — Map (db m125777) WM
Built at 123 E. Commercial Ave. in 1910 by Nicholas Schlachter. Occupied by Gettysburg State Bank in 1920, it was then absorbed by Potter County Bank in 1927. The bank vault is still intact. The large structure housed a variety of stores and . . . — — Map (db m246502) HM