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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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|  The Lone Tree
in South Dakota Historical Markers Here on the highway in front of this marker stood the "lone tree" for more than 2 generations. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 7/19/2006 last visited: 8/8/2007 |
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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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|  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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|  1938 National Corn Husking Contest
in South Dakota Historical Markers On a windy, cold and damp day on the 3rd of November, the eyes and ears of the nation were focused on Dell Rapids who was hosting the National Corn Husking Contest. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 6/8/2006 last visited: 1/24/2011 |
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|  South Dakota Central
in South Dakota Historical Markers Following the establishment of the 1897 Taopi Creamery at the Future townsite of Colton, discussions began about the need for a farm to market railroad. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 7/16/2007 last visited: 9/17/2011 |
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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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|  Willow Creek Lutheran Church
in South Dakota Historical Markers Norwegian pioneers homesteaded in this area in the early 1870s too far from the Norwegian Churches in northwest Minnehaha County, so the first services conducted by an ordained minister was held in the Willow Creek area private home in July, 1874. posted by: plainsdrifter358 location: South Dakota date approved: 1/13/2007 last visited: 7/10/2012 |
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|  Taopi
in South Dakota Historical Markers Taopi was a Christian chief of the Farmer band of Santee Sioux honored here for his loyalty during the Minnesota Uprising of 1862. posted by: plainsdrifter358 location: South Dakota date approved: 1/13/2007 last visited: 11/23/2011 |
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|  Old Stone Building
in South Dakota Historical Markers Quarry owners built a demo project at this site to show local businessmen how quartzite could be cut to fit around door & window frames. posted by: GPX Navigators location: South Dakota date approved: 6/19/2006 last visited: 1/24/2011 |
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|  Dell Rapids
in South Dakota Historical Markers Named after the dells and rapids of the Big Sioux River which runs through town and reminded settlers of the dells of the Wisconsin River. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 4/17/2006 last visited: 11/25/2011 |
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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/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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|  First Indian Presbyterian Church 1870
in South Dakota Historical Markers The First Presbyterian Church was originally called Wakpaepakson or River Bend Church. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 7/19/2006 last visited: 2/18/2012 |
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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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|  Flandreau Indian High School
in South Dakota Historical Markers Flandreau Indian Vocational High School had its origin in a mission school established, by P. A. Van Nice in 1872 to provide for the education of Dakota Indians. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 4/9/2007 last visited: 2/18/2012 |
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|  Flandreau Indian Christian Community
in South Dakota Historical Markers This is the oldest continously used church in South Dakota. Started in 1870 and this building built in 1873. posted by: Wakpa location: South Dakota date approved: 1/27/2007 last visited: 4/9/2007 |
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|  Saint Olaf Roller Mill & Power Dam
in South Dakota Historical Markers In 1881 Frank and Justin Pettigrew began construction of the power dam and flour millat this site where portions of the foundation remain. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 8/17/2006 last visited: 11/24/2011 |
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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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|  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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|  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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|  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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|  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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