This statue of a Civil War veteran was erected to pay tribute to those veterans who settled Potter County. Potter County was initially named Ashmore, but later named Potter by the 1877 Dakota Territory Legislature. Gettysburg was first named . . . — — Map (db m125778) HM WM
Potter County Area Veterans Memorial
John J. Peters
American Legion
Post 159
Hoven, SD
Dahnke-Menkins
American Legion
Post 188
Lebanon, SD
Winston M. Toomey
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 8530
Gettysburg, SD . . . — — Map (db m125777) WM
Originally located near mouth of Little Cheyenne River 15 miles west it was to be inundated by the Oahe Dam and so moved here.
White men, ascending the Missouri, observed this huge rock on a hillside and were told by the Indians it was a . . . — — Map (db m246332) HM
Built at 123 E. Commercial Ave. in 1910 by Nicholas Schlachter. Occupied by Gettysburg State Bank in 1920, it was then absorbed by Potter County Bank in 1927. The bank vault is still intact. The large structure housed a variety of stores and . . . — — Map (db m246502) HM
Born Oct. 23, 1858 on a farm near Volney, Iowa. Homesteaded in McCook County, South Dakota in 1879. Moved to Faulk County in 1883 where he married Emma Beaver in 1888. The following year the first of five sons was born. Gov. Byrne was elected to the . . . — — Map (db m179950) HM
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