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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BVJ_wolsey-a-crossroad-of-the-heartland-wolsey-notables_Wolsey-SD.html
Wolsey: A Crossroad of the Heartland
Wolsey has been a crossroad of the heartland of South Dakota from its beginnings. In 1880 the Dakota Central Railway, a subsidiary of the Chicago & North Western, laid track following a wagon trail called the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BVI_w-glenn-sloan_Huron-SD.html
While with the Bureau of Reclamation, Glenn Sloan saw the possibility of using mountain water from the Missouri River to develop irrigation in the James River Valley.
His vision and determination made possible the broadened multi-purpose develop…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BVH_history-of-the-worlds-largest-pheasant_Huron-SD.html
The World's Largest Pheasant spans 40 feet in length, stands 28 feet tall, and weighs 22 tons. It was dedicated on October 18, 1959. Sculptor RF Jacobs of Gooding, Idaho completed the project in 4 ½ months, costing $23,000 at that time. The b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BVG_couse-hardware_De-Smet-SD.html
Edward H. Couse purchased this lot and the original store building on it from Charles P. Ingalls. By 1885 Couse had succeeded well enough with his hardware business to expand his operation and replace his original wood framed building with a brick…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BVF_de-smet-forest-de-smet_De-Smet-SD.html
De Smet ForestHalf mile South East of De Smet
De Smet Forest was established by the South Dakota Fish, Game and Parks Department in 1946 and is one of hundreds of small roadside parks now existent or planned along South Dakota highways. At many…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BVE_edgemont-where-the-trail-begins_Edgemont-SD.html
Welcome to Edgemont, the beginning of the Burlington Northern George S. Mickelson Trail! This winding trail follows the abandoned Burlington Northern Railroad route 114 miles through the heart of the Black Hills and ends at Deadwood.
The Chicago…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BVD_hyde-county-courthouse-south-dakota_Highmore-SD.html
This property has been
placed on the
National Registerof Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BVB_kingsbury-county-courthouse_De-Smet-SD.html
Kingsbury County was created and organized on February 2, 1880. It was named for George W. and T. A. Kingsbury, prominent brothers in territorial affairs.
De Smet was platted in 1880. On November 2, of that year, De Smet was chosen as the county…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BTA_you-are-now-on-the-100-meridian_Blunt-SD.html
Historically that meridian is significant. For two generations the Insurance Companies and other world-wide 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 la…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BT9_harlan-j-bushfield-vera-s-cahalan-bushfield_Miller-SD.html
Harlan J. Bushfield, born August 6, 1882 in Atlantic, Iowa, came to Miller in 1883. He earned his law degree from the University of Minnesota in 1904 and returned to Miller to practice law. In 1912, Bushfield married Vera Cahalan, a fellow Miller …