On U.S. 81 at East Birch Street, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 81.
Home of roving Indians until 1862. The exploring party of Nicollet, scientist, and Fremont, ‘Pathfinder of the West,’ visited Oakwood Lakes July 1838, leaving the first reliable record.
The region East of the Big Sioux was ceded by the Santee . . . — — Map (db m179692) HM
Brookings County Courthouse
The Renaissance Revival-style courthouse was built in 1911 for $100,000 to replace the original 1885 two-story $7,000 wooden courthouse. Oscar Lee, an amateur artist from Volga, South Dakota, painted . . . — — Map (db m118947) HM
On 471st Avenue (County Highway 77) at 219th Street (County Highway 22), on the right when traveling south on 471st Avenue.
The Medary Monument was built in 1929 to commemorate the location of the town of Medary, the first town site in the Dakota Territory 1857-1859 and 1871-1879. It was through the efforts of the early Tri-County Pioneers and the local Daughters of the . . . — — Map (db m290421) HM
On Highway 14 0.5 miles east of 487th Ave, on the right when traveling west.
All early maps (1838-1879) showed the Hole-in-The-Mountain or Mountain Pass where Coteau Perce creek drained SW from Lake Benton to the Big Sioux. It is 8 miles SE. Nicollet & Fremont, first explorers, visited the "Hole" on July 6, 1838 and . . . — — Map (db m177443) HM
On 211th Street (U.S. 81) 1.1 miles west of Caspian Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Oakwood Lakes, called by the Sioux, Te-tonka-ha, meaning the place of the Great Summer Lodge, lie in a scenic state park 7 miles N and 3 W. First visitors of record were Nicollet & Fremont. July 8, 1838.
During the Indian Disturbances of . . . — — Map (db m179802) HM
On Oakwood Shoreline Drive 1 mile north of 204th Street (County Road 6), on the right when traveling north.
Originally from Holland Michigan, Hessel and Charlotte Houtman married in Brookings in 1925 and farmed in various communities in Brookings County. Prior to the formation of Oakwood Lakes State Park, the Houtman family rented this land from the 1930s . . . — — Map (db m256048) HM
On West 8th Street east of U.S. 14, on the right when traveling east.
Dedicated Sept 15 1991
Welcome to the Brookings County Veterans Memorial
American Legion · Disabled American Veterans · Veterans of Foreign Wars
Back: Thank you for honoring our Veterans with Your time, Your . . . — — Map (db m290565) WM
On 471st Avenue at 219th Street, on the right when traveling south on 471st Avenue.
The Dakota Land Company of St. Paul, hoping to make this site the capital of a proposed
Dakota Territory, started a town here, naming it for Samuel Medary, Governor of Minnesota
Territory. Towns were also begun at Flandreau and Sioux Falls, the . . . — — Map (db m179957) HM
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