Historical Markers in Colton, South Dakota

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Historical Markers in Colton, South Dakota

1 ► South Dakota, Minnehaha County, Colton — Colton Public Schools — (1880-1967) —

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

2 ► South Dakota, Minnehaha County, Colton — John Edmund Colton / Founding of Colton —

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

3 ► South Dakota, Minnehaha County, Colton — South Dakota Central —

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

4 ► South Dakota, Minnehaha County, Colton — Taopi —

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

5 ► South Dakota, Minnehaha County, Colton, Taopi Township — Bethania Lutheran Church —

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

6 ► South Dakota, Minnehaha County, Colton, Taopi Township — Huntimer —

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

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