Historical Markers and War Memorials in Canton, South Dakota
Canton is the county seat for Lincoln County
Canton is in Lincoln County
Lincoln County(26) ► ADJACENT TO LINCOLN COUNTY Clay County(44) ► Minnehaha County(337) ► Turner County(7) ► Union County(30) ► Lyon County, Iowa(7) ► Sioux County, Iowa(12) ►
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On U.S. 18, 1 mile east of 482nd Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Augustana was founded as Augustana Seminary in Chicago in 1860 by the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod. The school's purpose was "to educate young men for the holy ministry in the Lutheran church . . . (and) to prepare men for the . . . — — Map (db m183483) HM
On North Lawler Street south of East 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north.
Augustana was founded as Augustana Seminary in Chicago in 1860 by the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod. The school's purpose was "to educate young men for the holy ministry in the Lutheran church . . . (and) to prepare men for the . . . — — Map (db m183585) HM
On East 5th Street at North Main Street on East 5th Street.
First appeared on maps as Commerce City 1866. Its first postmaster was Benjamin Hill, appointed 14 May 1868. First settler here, L.P. Hyde, 1861. Cuppett, Hewit, & Rea built a blockhouse spring 1868 where Court House now stands. County organized 30 . . . — — Map (db m177394) HM
On North Main Street at West 4th Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
"Dedicated to all men and women
who served in the armed forces
of the United States of America"
Pause
You who pass beneath this flag, and remember the sacrifice of life and of treasure that has kept it aloft, unstained and beautiful . . . — — Map (db m227874) WM
On U.S. 18, 1 mile east of 482nd Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Receiving Congressional appropriations in 1899, the Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians was the second federal mental hospital and the first dedicated to American Indians. The first patient arrived in 1902, and through 1934, more than 370 . . . — — Map (db m183486) HM
On North Broadway Street at East 4th Street, on the right when traveling south on North Broadway Street.
Whereas, the Honorable John J. (Jack) Fox, Mayor of the City of Canton, South Dakota, has served the community of Canton in many ways, thus resulting long ago in Mayor Fox being designated citizen of the year in the City of Canton; and . . . — — Map (db m227911) HM
On 282nd Street (U.S. 18) 1 mile east of 482nd Ave, on the right when traveling east.
A 60 foot ski jump tower stood on the river bluff directly south of this sign. Constructed in 1912 at the urging of Norwegian ski jumpers visiting Canton's Augustana College, it soon became widely popular for the tournaments held by the Sioux . . . — — Map (db m122908) HM
