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|  Moody/Lake County Border on SD Hwy 34
in South Dakota Historical Markers Brief History of Moody and Lake Counties at their common border along SD Hwy 34 east of Madison. posted by: plainsdrifter358 location: South Dakota date approved: 12/19/2006 last visited: 1/8/2011 |
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|  Hartman 1899 - 1916
in South Dakota Historical Markers Townsite of Hartman was homesteaded in 1878 by John Hartmann Sr. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 2/12/2007 last visited: 6/4/2012 |
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|  Canton Asylum for American Indians Cemetery – Canton, SD
in South Dakota Historical Markers Between the years of 1902 and 1934 Canton was home to the “Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians,” the second federal mental hospital. posted by: wildernessmama location: South Dakota date approved: 7/6/2012 last visited: never |
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|  Canton Ski Hill
in South Dakota Historical Markers Canton Ski Hill HM east of Canton, SD posted by: plainsdrifter358 location: South Dakota date approved: 4/14/2006 last visited: 8/17/2013 |
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|  Augustana ~ The School on Wheels
in South Dakota Historical Markers Augustana Seminary (Lutheran) to Canton, SD in 1884 associated Agustana College in 1895. posted by: plainsdrifter358 location: South Dakota date approved: 4/14/2006 last visited: 4/20/2015 |
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|  Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians – Canton, SD
in South Dakota Historical Markers This marker has just been placed along Hwy. 18 just east of Canton. posted by: wildernessmama location: South Dakota date approved: 12/22/2011 last visited: 4/20/2015 |
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|  Augustana ~ The School on Wheels
in South Dakota Historical Markers Augustana was founded as Augustana Seminary in Chicago by the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 10/16/2006 last visited: 1/29/2011 |
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|  Canton
in South Dakota Historical Markers "Commerce City" of 1866 maps, Canton, SD Historical Marker posted by: plainsdrifter358 location: South Dakota date approved: 4/14/2006 last visited: 6/24/2010 |
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|  Doug Horsted
in South Dakota Historical Markers Cancer victim at age 36, Doug Horsted generously bequeathed funds for many outdoors and wildlife causes, including the purchase of this 235 acre wetland. posted by: plainsdrifter358 location: South Dakota date approved: 1/12/2007 last visited: 1/27/2007 |
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|  Pumpkin Center
in South Dakota Historical Markers "Pumpkin Center" helped define the era of westward expansion of transportation. posted by: plainsdrifter358 location: South Dakota date approved: 4/30/2006 last visited: 6/15/2011 |
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|  Old Madison - First County Seat
in South Dakota Historical Markers Lake County was started October 1873 when Herman Luce and John Hare met at the cabin of William Lee near the site of old Madison, to organize the old town Of Madison. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 7/9/2006 last visited: 6/28/2011 |
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|  Brookings/Moody County Border on Old US Hwy 77
in South Dakota Historical Markers Border of Brookings and Moody Counties along old US Hwy 77 one mile south of the old town of Medary on 220th Street just west of I-29. posted by: plainsdrifter358 location: South Dakota date approved: 12/19/2006 last visited: 12/15/2006 |
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|  C. B. Kennedy
in South Dakota Historical Markers C. B. Kennedy, Founder of Madison and Dakota State College. posted by: plainsdrifter358 location: South Dakota date approved: 12/19/2006 last visited: 3/15/2009 |
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|  Medary Townsite ~ 1857 - 58, 1871 - 1879
in South Dakota Historical Markers he town of Medary was established in the year 1859, the first town in Dakota Territory. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 10/23/2006 last visited: 12/9/2006 |
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|  First Convention In Brookings County
in South Dakota Historical Markers the county, created on paper in 1862, was organized July 3, 1871. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 10/23/2006 last visited: 12/9/2006 |
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|  Seahota - Makpeyahahoton
in South Dakota Historical Markers Here in April 1857... posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 7/9/2006 last visited: 3/15/2009 |
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|  Lake Campbell Lutheran Church
in South Dakota Historical Markers The Lake Campbell Lutheran Congregation was originally the Medary Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, Brookings County, Dakota Territory. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 10/23/2006 last visited: 10/22/2006 |
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|  Lake Herman - Historic Points
in South Dakota Historical Markers Lake Herman was the original stopping point on the old Dacotah Trail that led from the pipestone quarries in Minnesota to the Three Rivers of the Sioux. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 7/9/2006 last visited: 5/10/2009 |
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|  Brookings
in South Dakota Historical Markers The county seat of Brookings County was platted October 3-4 1879 when the Northwestern Railroad reached here. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 2/20/2007 last visited: 2/19/2007 |
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|  Hillcrest Park
in South Dakota Historical Markers Hillcrest Park is the original tree claim of Marthin Christianson a native of Gjovik Norway who emigrated in 1850 with a large colony, only 12 of whom survived a cholera scourge. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 2/20/2007 last visited: 2/19/2007 |
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|  Badus - Pioneer Swiss Colony
in South Dakota Historical Markers In 1877 a group of Swiss Chose a point on the shore of Lake Badus for a colony. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 2/12/2007 last visited: 5/10/2009 |
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|  Badus - Original Site
in South Dakota Historical Markers Lake County in South Dakota. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 2/12/2007 last visited: 5/10/2009 |
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|  You are about to enter Lake County 2
in South Dakota Historical Markers So named because of is beautiful lakes. It had been the realm of the Dacotah Sioux Indians with few white intruders until ceded by the Yankton tribe in 1858. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 2/12/2007 last visited: 2/12/2007 |
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|  Harvey Dunn, N.A.
in South Dakota Historical Markers Harvey Dunn was a famous painter of Western life, Marines, and portraits. posted by: plainsdrifter358 location: South Dakota date approved: 12/21/2006 last visited: 12/8/2006 |
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|  Salem Rest Area
in South Dakota Historical Markers SD's rich western heritage has been remembered along the interstate, as safety rest areas and tourist information centers. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 2/12/2007 last visited: 7/30/2012 |
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