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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QVI_st-peters-church_Jefferson-SD.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QTR_original-site-of-saloon-no-10_Deadwood-SD.html
Site of capture of the assassin Jack McCall who shot "Wild Bill" Hickok Aug 2, 1876
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QT5_forestburg-roadside-park_Artesian-SD.html
Long before the white man, an Indian Trail from the sanctuary at Pipestone Quarry to the "Three Rivers of the Sioux" near Ft. Thompson passed closely by. The whiteman's first road in Dakota, the Ft. Ridgely & South Pass Wagon Road, forded the Jame…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QT3_ruskin-park_Artesian-SD.html
Ruskin Park was synonymous with excitement, entertainment and romance from its inception.
The area's first pioneers settled along the James River near here in 1873. The Santee and Rodee families homesteaded south of here near a large grove (R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QT2_the-great-missouri-river_Burbank-SD.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QT1_homestead-rest-area_Burbank-SD.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QT0_st-paul-lutheran-church_Elk-Point-SD.html
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 Congregati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QG9_columbus-college_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
FrontColumbus College began in 1909 in Chamberlain. S. Dak., and operated there for 12 years. With the inspiration of Bishop Thomas O'Gorman, the all-male prep school, high school, and college were moved to Sioux Falls and reopened in September 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QG8_department-of-veterans-affairs_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
FrontNear the beginning of the 19th century two wars were fought in two widely separated Spanish possessions. Men from South Dakota were federal combatants in both conflicts. The 1898 Spanish-American War was fought in Cuba, only 90 miles from Flo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QDL_hidewood-creek_Castlewood-SD.html
Due east of these rest areas, the valley land looks much as it did before the pioneers came to this country. This area is part of the drainage of Hidewood Creek, located one-and one-half miles south of here. Hidewood's name comes from the prairie …