Cattle began arriving in the 1860s when the cattle drives came up from the south bringing the large herds of long horned cattle, and in the 1870s homesteaders brought small herds to the Whitewood area. The natural tall prairie grass of the High . . . — — Map (db m184172) HM
In 1888, the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railroad Company completed their route between Rock Rapids, Iowa, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Regional residents viewed the railroad's arrival as a sign of progress, but portions of the site . . . — — Map (db m195077) HM
With abundant bison herds and control over the
valuable pipestone quarries 52 miles to the north,
Blood Run/Good Earth was well positioned to
become a trading center. Hides and scapula hoes from
bison were two important products for trade. . . . — — Map (db m204025) HM
Farmer’s Union Local No. 253 was organized Dec. 15, 1917. Charter Members were J.C. Heinrich, John Noordsy, Henry Preshun, Robert Kaster, Elmer Goodyear, John Reecy, Leo Wingert, Henry Dykstra, Alfred Waechter, John Witkop, and G. H.Kirchner. The . . . — — Map (db m179883) HM
Sturgis City, as it was originally called, was laid out by Major Jeremiah Wilcox on August 16, 1878. it was positioned to take advantage of the recently established site of Fort Meade, 1.5 miles to the east, and named for the commander of that . . . — — Map (db m174066) HM
On this site, the evening of August 19, 1876, 24-year-old Charles "Red" Nolin, pony mail carrier was shot and scalped. He was asked by members of the Schofeld Freighting Outfit to stay with them for the night because of the presence of Indians in . . . — — Map (db m174075) HM
Leonard Renner, a German immigrant and a Union Army Civil War veteran, came to Dakota Territory in 1878. He acquired farm land in Mapleton Township. Years later, the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad built a track . . . — — Map (db m181296) HM
In the city's early days, the falls attracted both industry and pleasure seekers. During their leisure time, settlers and visitors enjoyed both the falls and Seney Island
The Island, as it was called by early residents, was an oasis for . . . — — Map (db m124198) HM
to start to develop new leaves, branches, or flowers
header:
Phillips Ave and 9th Street, looking North, 1886.
Photo Courtesy of Siouxland Heritage Museums in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Decorative
The . . . — — Map (db m199075) HM
to break up soil or prepare the land with a tool for planting; to grow a plant or crop
header:
Photo Courtesy of Siouxland Heritage Museum in Sioux Falls, South Dakota [SHM 92.8.3]
Stone Cutting Tools . . . — — Map (db m199155) HM
to scatter, the natural distribution of seeds, to become widespread
header:Quartzite Quarry
Dell Rapids, 2007.
Quarrying Today
Even though quarry operations have come to an end in East . . . — — Map (db m199076) HM
to grow well, to be strong and healthy, especially because conditions are right
header:East Sioux Falls
East Sioux Falls, 1890. Photo Courtesy of Siouxland Heritage Museums [SHM 78.35.32]
Pink . . . — — Map (db m199106) HM
to develop leaves, known as foliage
header:
Photo Courtesy of Siouxland Heritage Museums in Sioux Falls, South Dakota [SHM 92.8.16]
Saloons
East Sioux Falls was filled with quarrymen that needed an . . . — — Map (db m199153) HM
Quartzite is the stone you see revealed throughout Falls Park. Sioux Quartzite is the local name for his stone. It was also called Jasper. Sioux Quartzite provided both the physical and financial base for the city of Sioux Falls.
Quartzite is . . . — — Map (db m124199) HM
During the City's early years, a number of industries located at the Falls of the Big Sioux River and used the energy produced by the river's flow to run their machinery.
The Queen Bee Mill and the Sioux Falls Light & Power Company . . . — — Map (db m124191) HM
The Falls were at the heart of the young city of Sioux Falls — nicknamed the Queen City. The Queen Bee Mill stood at the most powerful point of the Falls and was a center of activity in the 1880s.
The Queen Bee Mill was sited to take full . . . — — Map (db m124190) HM
Sioux Falls took its name from these falls which are located in the Big Sioux River. Surrounded by a sea of grass, the falls were a remarkable discovery for explorers. For the land speculators that followed the explorers, these falls provided an . . . — — Map (db m127423) HM
to germinate, to grow from a seed, to emerge and grow rapidly
header:Rowena Quarry
The Neighboring Rowena Quarry, 1890. Photo Courtesy of Siouxland Heritage Museums in Sioux Falls, South Dakota [SHM . . . — — Map (db m199078) HM
The "Rosie the Riveter" Memorial Rose Garden
The extraordinary efforts of women on our Home Front during WWII significantly changed our society - yet the story of these "ordinary heroes" is rarely heard.
"Those who served in uniform . . . — — Map (db m241191) HM
From 1887 to about 1913, this area, bordering the Big Sioux River, was the thriving community of East Sioux Falls. The city boasted a hotel, several boarding houses, saloons and retail stores, a town hall, a cricket team, at least three . . . — — Map (db m181620) HM
This view of the lower level of the Hydroelectric plant shows the massive pipes that channeled the river's flow to three electric generators. Water entered the plant through the flume at the back of the room and flowed through the large gate . . . — — Map (db m112689) HM
The Queen Bee Mill, a goliath among mills in early Dakota Territory, once stood tall and proud here on the bank of the Big Sioux River. A large quartzite deposit on the site was used to build an impressive seven-story flour mill.
The . . . — — Map (db m124251) HM
to dig something up out of the ground; to find something that has been lost or hidden
header:
Photo courtesy of Siouxland Heritage Museums in Sioux Falls, South Dakota [SHM 78.35.28]
Historic Site . . . — — Map (db m199148) HM
to sprout, to grow like a plant
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Photo Courtesy of Siouxland Heritage Museums in Sioux Falls, South Dakota [SHM 78.35.28]
Life of a Stonecutter
The life of a quarry worker included long hours and . . . — — Map (db m199150) HM
to droop, to become weak and tired, to lose confidence and enthusiasm
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East Sioux Falls Quarrymen. Photo courtesy of Siouxland Heritage Museums.
Progress
By 1896, the . . . — — Map (db m199079) HM
As the lesser known of the original mills built in early Sioux Falls along the banks of the Big Sioux River, the Cascade Mill was built slightly before its bigger, more expensive, grandiose neighbor at the falls - The Queen Bee Mill. At half the . . . — — Map (db m194828) HM
(side 1)
Between 1870 and 1920, Phillips Avenue was the center of a thriving cigar manufacturing industry. An average of four or five small cigar factories operated within a few blocks of this spot. Because the typical smoker consumed . . . — — Map (db m124098) HM
There were several flour mills and lumberyards along the early downtown riverfront. Railroads linked local suppliers with buyers across the Midwest but flooding and a lack of reliable river levels eventually led to a redevelopment of the area. . . . — — Map (db m195032) HM
On this site in March 1910, Bernard Scott Reardon, Sr. and an associate founded the Dakota Iron Store as a wholesale distributor of heavy hardware, farm equipment, and automotive parts and supplies.
In 1975 the corporate name was changed to DaKon . . . — — Map (db m124197) HM
Over history the falls have been revered by many different Native American cultures. No formal archaeological digs have been performed at the falls area, but stone tools have been found throughout the region. The area surrounding the falls was . . . — — Map (db m124493) HM
In the 1880s, wheat was among the major crops grown locally, and the need to process the grain locally arose. In 1877, the Cascade Mill purchased water rights and five acres of land on the east side of the Big Sioux River, north of Eighth Street, . . . — — Map (db m124498) HM
This building was constructed in 1910 by the International Harvester Company as a warehouse. The International Harvester Company had formed in 1902 when several large farm machinery companies merged under one management. They needed larger quarters . . . — — Map (db m208674) HM
National Register of Historic Places
Constructed in 1899 (with an addition in 1909) by Jewett Bros. to house their wholesale food business, this building was placed on the National Register in 1983 as part of the Old Courthouse and Warehouse . . . — — Map (db m124497) HM
In 1907 the John Deere plow company built this distributbion headquarters for the upper midwest. This building was designed to service the John Deere dealers throughout the Dakotas. At that time John Deere sold a variety of agricultural products . . . — — Map (db m194673) HM
Although stone may have been a popular building material for many early settlers due to the abundance of quartzite deposits in the region, lumber was still a necessary commodity for the growing community. The prairie itself had little to offer in . . . — — Map (db m194829) HM
In 1902, the Manchester Biscuit Company came to Sioux Falls and built a two-story quartzite building on East Sixth Street. By 1909, the building had expanded to include a third floor and a three-story addition was added to the south. In 1915, the . . . — — Map (db m124638) HM
To the southwest is the Manchester Biscuit Company building. The company was formed in 1902 when Lawrence D. Manchester was persuaded by financial backing from local wholesale grocers to purchase and relocate the Vienna Bakery of Luverne, Minnesota. . . . — — Map (db m194904) HM
In 1902 at age 39, Lawrence Decatur Manchester moved his bakery from Luverne, Minnesota, to a Sioux Falls quartzite building containing one oven. The business thrived when local wholesale grocers agreed to handle the Manchester products exclusively . . . — — Map (db m194936) HM
Western Surety Building
P.H. Edmison built the Edmison Block in 1875. A fire destroyed the building in 1889.
The Edmison-Jameson Building, later known as the Minnehaha Building, was a 6-story building designed by Architect Wallace . . . — — Map (db m184832) HM
1.2 billion years ago intense heat and pressure transformed pure quartz sandstone into quartzite rock. The sandstone originated from sand deposited on the floor of an ancient ocean. Later, as glaciers moved across the area, large portions of the . . . — — Map (db m124640) HM
On Sunday, December 5, 1926, the second radio station to be established in Sioux Falls began transmitting programs. Station KSOO, owned and operated by the Sioux Falls Broadcasting Association, was located in Room 626 of the Carpenter Hotel. Offices . . . — — Map (db m192244) HM
On June 21, 1922, on the second floor of this building, WFAT began operation as Sioux Falls' first radio broadcasting station. Charles Norton, a local enthusiast, assembled and was the first to operate the transmitting apparatus owned by the . . . — — Map (db m192245) HM
The Great Dakota Land Boom took place from the late 1870s through the 1880s. This influx of settlers was driven largely by rapid railroad expansion. In 1878, the first rail service arrived in Sioux Falls and by 1888 it had five lines. The population . . . — — Map (db m124641) HM
Manchester Biscuit Company was well known for its Big Sioux Biscuits and other treats, which it continued making until 1961 when the plant in Sioux Falls closed. That same year, Raven Industries purchased the building. Raven Industries was formed in . . . — — Map (db m124639) HM
Andrew Kuehn built this quartzite building in 1903 for a wholesale grocery distribution center and warehouse. A German, Kuehn came alone to America at age 15 in 1870. After working his way across the midwest, he settled in Sioux Falls in 1900 where . . . — — Map (db m124248) HM
In 1871 W. H. Corson built a hotel on this corner and named it Cataract House. It was an imposing two-story frame structure with fourteen bedchambers and two parlors. Corson proudly advertised his hotel as having "commodious rooms with clean beds . . . — — Map (db m192175) HM
The City of Sioux Falls purchased this land in 1905 to be used as a Farmer's Market. Architect Joseph Schwarz designed the auditorium. Constructed in 1917 for $218,000 it features Art Deco adornment both inside and out. The main floor and three . . . — — Map (db m124193) HM
July 6, 1976
This eagle and the two Native American Reliefs located on the north wall of the First Financial Center elevator tower, are sculpted of Indiana Limestone. These sculptures once adorned the entrance to the original First National . . . — — Map (db m208672) HM
In 1881, in an effort to give the streets of Sioux Falls a more metropolitan appearance, large kerosene lanterns were attached to the top of wooden posts at several intersections. This first street lighting was both primitive and short-lived. Only a . . . — — Map (db m192014) HM
Thomas L. Fawick was born in Sioux Falls and attended school here through the fourth grade. His genius was soon revealed. He became an inventor, and in 1906, at the age of 17, Fawick built a rudimentary two-cylinder auto, the Silent Sioux.
Two . . . — — Map (db m192013) HM
Urban renewal was a movement that provided for the development of aging and underutilized city neighborhoods. During the 1960s, light industry and warehouses had begun to move out of downtown Sioux Falls. The area near Seventh Street and the Big . . . — — Map (db m124496) HM
This structure, designed by Wallace Dow, was built in 1890 by Warner E. Willey and his son-in-law, Roy Williams. As owners of the Merchant Hotel immediately to the east, they planned to use the upper levels as overflow hotel rooms and the first . . . — — Map (db m194956) HM
Drake Polishing Works operated on the east bank of the river, across from where you are now standing. Like other industries that located by the falls, it used the flow of the Big Sioux River to run its equipment. Unlike the other industries, . . . — — Map (db m112814) HM
(Side One)
Congress appropriated $30,000 in 1881 for the construction of a prison in Sioux Falls to serve Dakota Territory. In order to finance a building large enough to house up to 150 inmates, the territorial legislature . . . — — Map (db m131714) HM
(side one)
In 1888, a year after the development of a great deposit of quartzite near Sioux Falls, newly opened quarries delivered stone to pave Philips Avenue, the city's first hard-surfaced street. Paving stones were a vast . . . — — Map (db m131987) HM
Albert M. Mansor was born in Aramta, a tiny village in Lebanon. At the age of 15, he immigrated to Sioux Falls to work in his uncle's East Side grocery store. After his uncle's death, Mansor was urged to liquidate; instead, he remained and worked to . . . — — Map (db m207162) HM
Valley Springs east gateway to Dakota Territory was established during 1868-1873 when pioneers settled by the spring fed creeks. The first white child born in Minnehaha County was in this area. Town was incorporated in 1878. First election was . . . — — Map (db m181357) HM
Engine #7 turned 100 in 2019. This engine was in service at the 1880 Train until 2012, when it was retired and placed here for all to enjoy and photograph.
Built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1919, this historic 2-6-2 (wheel arrangement) . . . — — Map (db m202718) HM
The George S. Mickelson trail follows a raised railroad right-of-way that is the abandoned Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q). In 1849, construction of the CB&Q began in Aurora, Illinois and by 1864, the CB&Q spanned the 400 miles . . . — — Map (db m155900) HM
This building is listed on the National Register as the oldest commercial hand-hewn log building in continuous use in South Dakota.
Built in 1885 by the German immigrant Camillo Von Woehrman as a saloon and sleeping quarters; in 1890 he began . . . — — Map (db m119999) HM
Ole S. Quammen, the mastermind behind the Petrified Wood Park, was born in 1871, his family immigrated to America in 1872 and homesteaded in MN. When Quammen was 23 he became a Watkins Medical Co. distributor which eventually led him to Voltaire, ND . . . — — Map (db m231140) HM
The little town of Seim slipped below the water and into memory when the Shadehill Dam was built. The town was founded in 1894, named after one of the first pioneer settlers in the area. During its prime in the early 1900s, the town had banks, . . . — — Map (db m152990) HM
Beginning in 1949, the Bureau of Reclamation began construction on a dam on the forks of the Grand River. Built for the purpose of crop irrigation and flood control, Shadehill Reservoir is a part of the larger Pick– Sloan Missouri Basin . . . — — Map (db m152991) HM
The fur trade worked thanks to American Indians. They harvested buffalo and other furbearers and bartered them to white traders. For a time, this system benefited both the traders and American Indians.
Traders relied on the American Indians to . . . — — Map (db m124253) HM
Andy's Meat Market at 102 N. Deadwood was built in 1907 by Andy Ricketts. Andy Ricketts' mother Louisa Ricketts was the original owner of the lot. Widowed during the Civil War, she had come to South Dakota in 1878 and was the owner of a . . . — — Map (db m224402) HM
Here, you are halfway from the mouth of the source of the Missouri. Here was the centre of the Fur Trade for half a century, with eight different fur posts and two military posts within your vision. (See Map on reverse). This was, before white man . . . — — Map (db m190170) HM
The fur trade brought American Indian and European American cultures together. Fort Pierre Chouteau, built here by the American Fur Company (A.F.C.) in 1832, provided a place for trade. Sioux hunters brought furs and buffalo hides. They shared . . . — — Map (db m124357) HM
The 1803 Louisiana Purchase expanded the United States westward. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and The Corps of Discovery explored the nation's vast new territory on their 1804-1806 journeys. They found an abundance of beaver, buffalo, and . . . — — Map (db m124297) HM
Fort Pierre Chouteau Site
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
in commemorating the History of the
United states of America 1991
National Park Service
United States . . . — — Map (db m124528) HM
The American Fur Company (A.F.C.), John Jacob Astor's enterprise, built Fort Pierre Chouteau in 1832. The fort was named for Pierre Chouteau, Jr., who ran the Western Department of the A.F.C. from St. Louis. The Upper Missouri proved profitable for . . . — — Map (db m124299) HM
Fur companies made money by bartering trade goods to American Indians and white trappers for furs. The furs were shipped east and sold to make hats and coats. The fur trading posts were near the fur-bearing animals they depended on. They were . . . — — Map (db m124298) HM
Up the canyon on U.S. 14 to the west, the Ft. Pierre-Deadwood Trail of 1876-86, the main artery of commerce to the "gold diggins” of the Black Hills had its course. Untold thousands of patient oxen pulled millions of tons of freight over that . . . — — Map (db m177390) HM
Railroads were economically and socially important in South Dakota. They furthered new settlement, population growth, and community prosperity by recruiting homesteaders and platting townsites. Trains provided passenger traffic, transported farmers’ . . . — — Map (db m125193) HM
Completed in 1958, the Stilling Basin allowed the river to flow through Oahe Dam until the Powerhouse became operation in 1962.
The structure can release 748,000 gallons of water per second (110,000 CFS).
The intakes cannot be seen, they . . . — — Map (db m170491) HM
Incorporated in 1890, Fort Pierre was an important trade center for ranchers. Opening the Great Sioux Reservation to settlement further enhanced the community's business prospects. The Stockgrowers Bank started in a wooden building, but owners C. L. . . . — — Map (db m124594) HM
The National Register listed the Stockgrowers Bank and it is the single example of Romanesque Revival architecture in Fort Pierre. The building represents an interesting and well-executed adaptation of the style to the needs of the small frontier . . . — — Map (db m224400) HM
This park has been given to the children of Winner by George C. "Shorty" McDonald.
He left two-fifths of his estate ($8,000) to the community to build a park for the children. McDonald was 68 years old when he died Jan. 1948. He was orphaned in . . . — — Map (db m234976) HM
The first general store
in Turner County
was erected on this site
in 1875 by
Gus and Carrie Gilbert.
Swan Lake was the county
seat of Turner County
from 1859-1883. — — Map (db m183584) HM
Captain William Clark enlisted his slave, York, as one of the members of the Corps of Discovery. York grew up in Virginia with Clark and traveled with the party during the entire journey to the Pacific Ocean and back to St. Louis, Missouri.
. . . — — Map (db m112155) HM
Historically that meridian is significant. For two generations the Insurance Companies and other worldwide lending agencies would not, as a matter of agreed policy, lend a shiny dime west of this line. There reason was that some geographer had . . . — — Map (db m177393) HM
Dakota Territories first bank was that of Mark M. Parmer started at Yankton in September, 1869 which became the private banking partnership of Parmer and Moses K. Armstrong in 1872. On December 27, 1872, the First National Bank of Yankton, a . . . — — Map (db m177711) HM
100 ft. South is office of Dakota's oldest newspaper. Weekly Dakotian, June 6, 1861. Yankton Press, Aug. 10, 1870. Weekly Press & Dakotian November 20, 1873. Daily Press & Dakotan April 26, 1875. — — Map (db m211683) HM
West of this stone near the crest of the hill is the burial site of Pierre Dorion, Sr., an early trader in what is now South Dakota. Born in Canada in 1740, Pierre came to this area around 1774–1775 to trade with the Sioux. He married Holy . . . — — Map (db m34829) HM
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