view gallery |  Tasunka Masa ~ Iron Horse
in South Dakota Historical Markers Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Depot in Eagle Butte, SD on the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation. posted by: plainsdrifter358 location: South Dakota date approved: 7/23/2007 last visited: 7/17/2007 |
view gallery |  "Small Town" by Badger Clark Historic Marker in Faith, SD
in South Dakota Historical Markers This Historic Marker quotes the words of Badger Clark and gives a short bio of the author. posted by: plainsdrifter358 location: South Dakota date approved: 7/23/2007 last visited: 7/16/2007 |
view gallery |  The People of the Prairies
in South Dakota Historical Markers Dedicated to the free peoples living on the prairie anywhere and here. posted by: plainsdrifter358 location: South Dakota date approved: 7/23/2007 last visited: 7/16/2007 |
view gallery |  The Trail Blazers
in South Dakota Historical Markers Ben Ash Monument describes the first sighting of the Black Hills by the white man along the Bismarck to Deadwood Trail on 26 December 1875. posted by: plainsdrifter358 location: South Dakota date approved: 7/23/2007 last visited: 7/16/2007 |
view gallery |  Slim Butte Area
in South Dakota Historical Markers 80 Square Miles of Nature's Wonders, A National Forest posted by: plainsdrifter358 location: South Dakota date approved: 7/23/2007 last visited: 7/16/2007 |
view gallery |  Battle of Slim Buttes September 9~10, 1876
in South Dakota Historical Markers Here the Oglala Chief American Horse was fatally wounded in a fierce two-day battle. posted by: plainsdrifter358 location: South Dakota date approved: 7/23/2007 last visited: 7/16/2007 |
view gallery |  Crow Buttes
in South Dakota Historical Markers Crow Buttes is an amazing topographical artifact and the scene of a bizarre battle between the Crow and Sioux Indians in the summer of 1822. posted by: plainsdrifter358 location: South Dakota date approved: 7/23/2007 last visited: 7/22/2014 |
view gallery |  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 |
view gallery |  The Hearst Highway
in South Dakota Historical Markers The Hearst Highway is named for George Hearst who discovered three of the fabled mines of the American West, including the famous Homestake mine. posted by: Hikenutty location: South Dakota date approved: 7/9/2007 last visited: 8/15/2014 |
view gallery |  Welcome to Belle Fourche ~ The Geological Center of the US
in South Dakota Historical Markers In 1959 following the admission of Alaska and Hawaii to the Union, the US Coast and Geodetic survey officially designated a point 20 miles north of Belle Forche, SD as the Geographic Center of the Nation. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 7/8/2007 last visited: 6/14/2013 |
view gallery |  Codington County Courthouse
in South Dakota Historical Markers An example of Neo-classical architecture with Renaissance exterior elements, the Codington County Courthouse was built by Gray Construction under the direction of architects Freed & Perkins & McWayne. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 7/6/2007 last visited: 6/9/2013 |
view gallery |  Old M. & ST. L. Depot Museum
in South Dakota Historical Markers This depot originally the Rock Island Lines new passenger station and division office building was erected as a joint venture of the Rock Island and the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroads in 1912. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 7/3/2007 last visited: 2/3/2014 |
view gallery |  Prison Quarry
in South Dakota Historical Markers Dakota penitentary and Siouz quartzite quarry. posted by: theroths3 location: South Dakota date approved: 6/29/2007 last visited: 7/22/2012 |
view gallery |  Historic Highway ~ South to Pickstown
in South Dakota Historical Markers Located in Lake Andes SD on Highway 44. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 6/27/2007 last visited: 6/22/2007 |
view gallery |  Bismarck-Deadwood Stage Trail
in South Dakota Historical Markers This site marks a point along the stage trail from Bismarck to Deadwood, South Dakota, the main route used by immigrants and freighters to reach the Black Hills gold fields. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 6/15/2007 last visited: 7/15/2007 |
view gallery |  Firesteel
in South Dakota Historical Markers The town of Firesteel takes its name from nearby Firesteel Creek posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 6/15/2007 last visited: 7/15/2007 |
view gallery |  Jedediah Smith ~ Missionary Explorer
in South Dakota Historical Markers Jedediah Smith gained great fame in his short span of years as both frontiersman and explorer. Less emphasis is placed on his religious zeal thogh he was truly a missionary by example. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 6/14/2007 last visited: 6/8/2007 |
view gallery |  Jedediah Smith ~ Trapper, Trader, Explorer
in South Dakota Historical Markers In 1826 General Ashley sold his interests in the Rocky Mountain Fur Co. to Smith, Jackson, and Sublette. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 6/14/2007 last visited: 6/16/2013 |
view gallery |  The Mickelson Governors
in South Dakota Historical Markers The Mickelson Governors of South Dakota. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 6/14/2007 last visited: 6/16/2013 |
view gallery |  You are now on the 100 Meridian
in South Dakota Historical Markers In the United States, the meridian 100° west of Greenwich passes through North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. The meridian 100° west of Greenwich forms the eastern border of the Texas panhandle with Oklahoma (which traces its origin to the Adams-Onís Treaty in 1819 which settled the border between New Spain and the United States between the Red River and Arkansas River). posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 6/14/2007 last visited: 6/16/2013 |
view gallery |  Rapid City Founders Camp Site
in South Dakota Historical Markers Near a perpendicular sandstone cliff, a short distance North of this sign and across Rapid Creek was the first camp of those hardy pioneers who founded Rapid City. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 6/12/2007 last visited: 1/30/2013 |
view gallery |  Sheridan ~ 1875 - 1942
in South Dakota Historical Markers Sheridan, located 1/2 mile NE from this sign is now 30 feet under water. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 6/12/2007 last visited: 8/20/2013 |
view gallery |  Mill Dam Tragedy
in South Dakota Historical Markers On May 13, 1912, during a flood of the Big Sioux River, four young Siouix Falls' men steered two crafts, a rowboat and a canoe, over the Cascade Mill dam. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 6/5/2007 last visited: 3/30/2014 |
view gallery |  Mellette House
in South Dakota Historical Markers Mellette House in Watertown, SD. posted by: farmkid location: South Dakota date approved: 6/3/2007 last visited: 7/9/2014 |
view gallery |  The Missouri River was Historic Highway ~ North to Oahe Dam
in South Dakota Historical Markers North to Oahe Dam. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 5/31/2007 last visited: 10/8/2009 |
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