Historical Markers in Elk Point

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Historical Markers in Elk Point

1 ► South Dakota, Union County, Elk Point — 405 — Elk Point —

Lewis & Clark camped here and said much ‘elk sign’ on August 22, 1804 and held first election in northwest that evening. In 1856, the Sioux City-Ft. Randall Military Road passed hereby. Eli Wixson arrived on 22 July 1859 and built a log . . . — — Map (db m180963) HM

2 ► South Dakota, Union County, Elk Point — Entering an Uncertain Land — Reported permanently removed

The Missouri River Valley, up to this location, was well-known to French and British fur trappers. For decades, trappers navigated down the Big Sioux River and the lower Missouri toward St. Louis. Due to the intimidating presence of the Yankton . . . — — Map (db m100914) HM

3 ► South Dakota, Union County, Elk Point — Entering an Uncertain Land — Elk Point, South Dakota — Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail —

The Missouri Valley, up to this location, was well-known to French and British fur trappers. For decades, trappers navigated down the Big Sioux River and the lower Missouri toward St. Louis. Due to the intimidating presence of the Yankton and Teton . . . — — Map (db m315491) HM

4 ► South Dakota, Union County, Elk Point — 407 — First Election in Northwestern United States —

Lewis & Clark reached a point in what is now Sioux City on August 20, 1804 near the mouth of Floyd River. Sergeant Charles Floyd, who had been taken sick with a "Biliose Chorlick" the day before, died near a bluff on the east side of the river. The . . . — — Map (db m190114) HM

5 ► South Dakota, Union County, Elk Point — Flags of Elk Point —

Ponca Tribal Flag Native American hunters, farmers, and fishers who occupied this region prior to European exploration. Yankton Tribal Flag The Yankhtoni or "People of the end Village" settled in this area as early as 1730 after . . . — — Map (db m315671) HM

6 ► South Dakota, Union County, Elk Point — 494 — Giants in the Earth Country — Ole Edvart Rölvaag's First Home in America, 1896-1898 —

When the famous Norwegian-American novelist Rölvaag (1876-1931) came to America, he worked on the 200-acre farm of Severt Eidem (NE quarter, Section 12, and 40 acres, Section 1, Brule Township), two miles north of this corner. Rölvaag's first book . . . — — Map (db m190165) HM

7 ► South Dakota, Union County, Elk Point — 404 — Grasshopper Cross —

The second rude cross erected on that miraculous day in May, 1876, when Father Pierre Boucher led his pilgrimage of Catholics & Protestants on an eleven mile trek seeking Divine Intervention in the grasshopper plague, was where you see the large . . . — — Map (db m190124) HM

8 ► South Dakota, Union County, Elk Point — A Land of Plenty — Reported permanently removed

Beginning their journey on a diet of salt pork, lard with flour, and Indian mean (ground corn), Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the other members of the Corps of Discovery, went on to taste nearly everything the West had to offer - through . . . — — Map (db m100915) HM

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9 ► South Dakota, Union County, Elk Point — A Land of Plenty — Elk Point, South Dakota — Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail —

Beginning their journey on a diet of salt, pork, lard, flour, and ground corn, Lewis, Clark, and the other members of the Corps of Discovery went on to taste nearly everything the West had to offer through necessity rather than choice. Wrestling . . . — — Map (db m315495) HM

10 ► South Dakota, Union County, Elk Point — Lewis & Clark Campsite / Eli Wixson Farm Site —

Lewis & Clark Campsite The Missouri River has carved many channels in its history. One such channel curved through the western edge of Elk Point creating the area now known as Heritage Park. On August 22, 1804, Captain William Clark . . . — — Map (db m100821) HM

11 ► South Dakota, Union County, Elk Point — The Lewis and Clark Expedition —

In 1804-06, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led about 40 soldiers and boatmen on an epic journey. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned this "Corps of Discovery" to find a route to the Pacific Ocean through the newly acquired . . . — — Map (db m100917) HM

12 ► South Dakota, Union County, Elk Point — Patrick Gass — 1771 - 1870 —

By a vote of the Corps... Sergeant Patrick Gass was elected to replace Sergeant Floyd, who died two days earlier. This vote on August 22, 1804 at the "Elk Sign" campsite (Elk Point), tested the noble experiment of the United States democracy . . . — — Map (db m315660) HM

13 ► South Dakota, Union County, Elk Point — Return to "Elk Sign" Campsite — Reported permanently removed

The Corps of Discovery returned to this location after a two-year absence on September 3, 1806. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark found their "Elk sign" campsite occupied by James Aird, a Scottish fur trader. They pressed him eagerly for news . . . — — Map (db m100912) HM

14 ► South Dakota, Union County, Elk Point — Return to "Elk Sign" Campsite — Elk Point, South Dakota — Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail —

The Corps of Discovery returned to this location after a two-year absence on September 3, 1806. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark found their "Elk Sign" campsite occupied by James Aird, a Scottish fur trader. They pressed him eagerly for news from . . . — — Map (db m315503) HM

15 ► South Dakota, Union County, Elk Point — U.S. Democracy Cross the Mississippi River — Elk Point, South Dakota — Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail —

While camped at the "Elk Sign" campsite on August 22, 1804, Captain Merriwether Lewis and William Clark acted to replace Sergeant Charles Floyd, who had taken ill and died two days earlier. They called for the Corps of Discovery to vote on Floyd's . . . — — Map (db m315501) HM

16 ► South Dakota, Union County, Elk Point — U.S. Democracy Crosses the Mississippi River — Reported permanently removed

While camped at the "Elk Sign" campsite on August 22, 1804, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark acted to replace Sergeant Charles Floyd, who had taken ill and died two days earlier. They called for the Corps of Discovery to vote on . . . — — Map (db m100916) HM

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