Historical Markers and War Memorials in Frederick, South Dakota
Aberdeen is the county seat for Brown County
Frederick is in Brown County
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(east side)
History
The united Norwegion Luthern church.
In memory of the pioneer members of the Aurland congregation, organized in 1885. Rev Rogne was the first Pastor. The services wer held in homes & school houses until when in . . . — — Map (db m206714) HM
In Honor
and Memory
of our Men and Women
Who have Served
Our Country in all
Branches of the Service.
This Tribute was Partially
Funded by the July 4, 2003
Celebration that Included
an Awards Ceremony, Parade,
and B-1 . . . — — Map (db m137487) WM
On June 22, 1883 Mrs. Matt (Valborg) Hanhela became the first Finnish settler here to die (in childbirth). She and her infant son were the first to be buried here. Their grave is unmarked and unknown.
Ten acres of land for this cemetery and for . . . — — Map (db m206651) HM
(south side)
Finnish Pioneer Settlers of Other Savo Area Twps. in Territory qf Dakota. 1882–1886
Names of Finnish pioneers. Ada Twp. 129 Range 61. Wm. Pöykkö N.W.14. Markku Rusko S.E.22. Michael . . . — — Map (db m206705) HM
This property
Old Finnish Apostolic
Lutheran Church
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m206650) HM
A pioneer in Brown County, Philip Cain Gelling was born on the Isle of Man in 1849. He came to the Dakota Territory from Illinois in 1882 and homesteaded on this site. Philip married Elizabeth Johnson in 1887. From that union 8 children were . . . — — Map (db m169929) HM
Savo Hall
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Built 1899 — — Map (db m206662) HM
This monument was created to forever make available the story of those Finnish people who early came to Brown and Dickey Counties, and settled there.
Erected by the Savo Finnish Historical Society under the direction of John G. Peterson, the . . . — — Map (db m206703) HM
Created with its twin, North Dakota, 2 November 1889, its 77,047 square miles ranks 15th in size. Those square miles include; exceptional corn land in the SE, grass land in the W, wheat land in the N and Productive land all over. Its lowest point, . . . — — Map (db m177397) HM
The First Frederick school house was built in 1883.
Main-building was built in 1922 with four year curriculum.
The Original bell of Frederick school.
Purchased with money raised by student entertainment in April 1888.
Park . . . — — Map (db m137490) HM
Site of the
Tveit Homestead
Claimed in October 1882 by Iver Lars Tveit
Iver brought his bride Marta here in 1883, then his parents Lars & Ragnhilde in 1885
These Tveits were born and raised here: Lewis, Belle, Hilda, . . . — — Map (db m206665) HM