Historical Markers and War Memorials in Union County, South Dakota
Elk Point is the county seat for Union County
Adjacent to Union County, South Dakota
Clay County(44) ► Lincoln County(26) ► Plymouth County, Iowa(6) ► Sioux County, Iowa(12) ► Woodbury County, Iowa(32) ► Dakota County, Nebraska(7) ► Dixon County, Nebraska(5) ►
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On 479th Avenue (State Highway 11) at 301st Street, on the right when traveling north on 479th Avenue.
Archie M. Gubbrud was born December 31, 1910, the eldest son of Marius T. Gubbrud and Ella Rommereim Gubbrud at his parental farm home in Norway Township, Lincoln County. He was brought up on this farmstead with a post office address of Alcester, . . . — — Map (db m189890) HM
On 479th Avenue (State Highway 11) at 301st St, on the right when traveling north on 479th Avenue.
Camp SCS-3 (DPE-211 in 1934): located in city park of NE Alcester. Companies: 2746--8/3-10/1/34 & 6/27/35-8/14/41; 4725V--8/15/41 - 5/27/42.
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a federal work - relief program during the Great Depression. . . . — — Map (db m190163) HM
On South 8th Street at West Oak Street, on the right when traveling south on South 8th Street.
who was born Jan. 13, 1869 in Claremont County, Ohio. Graduated from the University of Michigan in 1893, emigrating to South Dakota in the same year, engaging in the practice of law at Beresford. He watched the new town grow, and helped develop it . . . — — Map (db m190082) HM
On South 8th Street south of West Oak Street, on the right when traveling south.
Headquarters
Grand Army of the Republic,
Washington, D.C. May 3, 1868.
I. The 30th Day of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their . . . — — Map (db m190111) HM WM
On 476th Ave., 0.2 miles north of Groethe Rd., on the right when traveling north.
When the famous Norwegian-American novelist Rölvaag (1876-1931) came to America, he worked on the 200-acre farm of Severt Eidem (NE quarter, Section 12, and 40 acres, Section 1, Brule Township), two miles north of this corner. Rölvaag's first book . . . — — Map (db m190165) HM
Beginning their journey on a diet of salt pork, lard with flour, and Indian meal (ground corn), Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the other members of the Corps of Discovery, went on to taste nearly everything the West had to offer - through . . . — — Map (db m100915) HM
On Main Street west of Franklin Street, on the right when traveling west.
Lewis & Clark camped here and said much ‘elk sign’ on August 22, 1804 and held first election in northwest that evening.
In 1856, the Sioux City-Ft. Randall Military Road passed hereby.
Eli Wixson arrived on 22 July 1859 and built a log . . . — — Map (db m180963) HM
The Missouri River Valley, up to this location, was well-known to French and British fur trappers. For decades, trappers navigated down the Big Sioux River and the lower Missouri toward St. Louis. Due to the intimidating presence of the Yankton . . . — — Map (db m100914) HM
On East Main Street west of North Grant Street, on the right when traveling east.
Lewis & Clark reached a point in what is now Sioux City on August 20, 1804 near the mouth of Floyd River. Sergeant Charles Floyd, who had been taken sick with a "Biliose Chorlick" the day before, died near a bluff on the east side of the river. The . . . — — Map (db m190114) HM
On County Road 1B at 479th Avenue, on the right when traveling north on County Road 1B.
The second rude cross erected on that miraculous day in May, 1876, when Father Pierre Boucher led his pilgrimage of Catholics & Protestants on an eleven mile trek seeking Divine Intervention in the grasshopper plague, was where you see the large . . . — — Map (db m190124) HM
On S. Harrison St., 0.2 miles west of W. Jefferson, in the median.
Lewis & Clark Campsite
The Missouri River has carved many channels in its history. One such channel curved through the western edge of Elk Point creating the area now known as Heritage Park.
On August 22, 1804, Captain William Clark . . . — — Map (db m100821) HM
The Corps of Discovery returned to this location after a two-year absence on September 3, 1806. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark found their "Elk sign" campsite occupied by James Aird, a Scottish fur trader. They pressed him eagerly for news . . . — — Map (db m100912) HM
In 1804-06, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led about 40 soldiers and boatmen on an epic journey. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned this "Corps of Discovery" to find a route to the Pacific Ocean through the newly acquired . . . — — Map (db m100917) HM
While camped at the "Elk Sign" campsite on August 22, 1804, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark acted to replace Sergeant Charles Floyd, who had taken ill and died two days earlier. They called for the Corps of Discovery to vote on . . . — — Map (db m100916) HM
On Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Dakota's first flour mill was established in 1867, after the Legislature gave them a water right on the Big Sioux five miles northeast, by Preston Hotchkiss & Amos Dexter on Lot 3, Section 32, Township 91, Range 48. They sold to Crill & Sargent in . . . — — Map (db m190127) HM
On County Road 1B, 0.1 miles north of 481st Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Just 14 miles from Sioux City on the Military Road from that place to Ft. Randall, this house was built of logs by Francis Reandeau about 1861. A Frenchman, he and his son, Lyzimon, whose name is carved on one of the original logs, ran this stage . . . — — Map (db m190126) HM
On Main Street at 4th Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
The Huge wooden cross in the cemetery, replaced the rude one erected on that day in May, 1876, when Father Pierre Boucher led his pilgrimage of Catholic & Protestant marchers back to Jefferson, after an eleven mile trek seeking Divine Intervention . . . — — Map (db m180962) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 105) at Fourth Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
The vicinity of Jefferson, even before the organization of Dakota Territory in 1861, was a French-Canadian community and Catholic services were held sporadically prior to the advent of Father Pierre Boucher in 1867. In 1862 a small log building . . . — — Map (db m189898) HM
On State Highway 105, 0.1 miles south of First Street, on the left when traveling south.
Was a road house twelve miles from Sioux City run by Desiree Chausee. It was a log building right here. It was also the site of Willow's Post Office. Postmasters were William Mathers, 19 August 1861; Desire Chausee in 1864; Charles Heath in 1865 and . . . — — Map (db m190149) HM
On Military Road north of River Drive, on the right when traveling north.
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 . . . — — Map (db m190154) HM
On State Highway 50, 0.7 miles east of SD - 11, on the right when traveling west.
This granite block erected by the Old Settlers Association of Union County, South Dakota, marks the site of Fort Brule Built in 1862 by soldiers and settlers as protection against renegade and hostile Indians. Abandoned in 1868 Dismantled . . . — — Map (db m190166) HM
On State Highway 50 at Fourth Avenue, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 50.
Rev. S.W. Ingham, a travelling Missionary, in 1861 baptized Minnesota Watson, daughter of Thomas and Adeline Watson, who with A.J. Bell and wife were its earliest members in the Brule Creek community. The Indian War of the Outbreak in August 1862 . . . — — Map (db m189894) HM
On 475th Avenue south of 319th Street, on the left when traveling south.
Site of
First Norwegian
Lutheran Church
in
Dakota Territory
1868-1938
Charter Members of St. Paul Lutheran Church
Of Aug. 12, 1863
K. P. Ronne
Thomas Olesen Aune
Helge Mathiasen
Ole Oleson
Anders Anderson
Melkjor . . . — — Map (db m190112) HM
On 476th Avenue (South Dakota Route 50) at County Road 25, on the right when traveling south on 476th Avenue.
Stately church edifices frequently have humble beginnings and so with St. Paul Lutheran Church, one of South Dakota's finest. The humble log church pictured hereon was erected in 1867 by the members of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation . . . — — Map (db m189892) HM
On State Highway 48, 0.1 miles west of 471st Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Front
The first parish in Garryowen was organized in 1879. St. Mary's Church and cemetery were located together on five acres of land donated by Patrick Mahan. The church eventually became too small for a growing community and a larger . . . — — Map (db m93597) HM
Near Interstate 29 at milepost 26 at State Route 50.
The rich farm country of southeast South Dakota lies in the triangle formed as the Missouri River, to the west, and the Big Sioux River, east of here, flow toward their confluence about 37 miles southeast of this point. This was the land that drew . . . — — Map (db m179908) HM
Near Interstate 29 at milepost 26 at South Dakota Highway 50.
The Missouri, the continent's longest river, figures prominently in the unfolding of America's saga. Flowing nearby in its 2,341 - mile course from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi, the Big Muddy is not only loaded with sediment but steeped in . . . — — Map (db m92825) HM
