view gallery |  First Permanent Fur Post
in South Dakota Historical Markers The partnership of Registre Loisel and Hugh Heney in 1802 set a fur post on Cedar Island. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 5/30/2007 last visited: 5/27/2011 |
view gallery |  Medicine Knoll River
in South Dakota Historical Markers On September 22, 1804 Lewis & Clark passed by this river and camped a couple of miles up the Missouri. They called it Reuben River for Reuben Fields, one of their hunter. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 5/30/2007 last visited: 7/19/2007 |
view gallery |  The Missouri River was HH~ S to FT. Thompson/N to Mobridge
in South Dakota Historical Markers South to Ft. Thompson SD.
North to Oahe and Mobridge. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 5/30/2007 last visited: 5/28/2007 |
view gallery |  Site of First Library in Pierre
in South Dakota Historical Markers Built in 1904 with a 12,500$ gift from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, the Library opened its doors on march 10, 1905. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 5/30/2007 last visited: 6/10/2012 |
view gallery |  The Missouri River was Historic Highway ~ S to Ft. Thompson
in South Dakota Historical Markers South to Fort Thompson and Chamberlain.
posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 5/30/2007 last visited: 7/3/2012 |
view gallery |  Casey Tibbs ~ World Champion Cowboy
in South Dakota Historical Markers Casey Duane Tibbs was born March 5, 1929, 50 miles northwest of Fort Pierre, South Dakota, in a log cabin on the family homestead on the Cheyenne River to John F. and Florence M. (Leggett) Tibbs. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 5/30/2007 last visited: 5/5/2012 |
view gallery |  Hughes County Courthouse
in South Dakota Historical Markers In the moraine which runs along the bank of the Missouri in Hughes
County, stone cutters find a good source of many kinds of fine granite
useful for tombstones and building materials. The stones of the County
Courthouse in Pierre were cut from the boulder found in this great
moraine. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 5/30/2007 last visited: 6/10/2012 |
view gallery |  John Charles Waldron
in South Dakota Historical Markers (24 August 1900 – 4 June 1942) was a United States Navy aviator who led a squadron of torpedo bombers in World War II. posted by: MNSearchers location: none listed yet date approved: 5/29/2007 last visited: 10/13/2012 |
view gallery |  Pierre was a Cowtown
in South Dakota Historical Markers Pierre was a cowtown. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 5/29/2007 last visited: 12/2/2012 |
view gallery |  Reading Brands
in South Dakota Historical Markers For many new livestock owners, the art of reading a brand is a mystery . Brands, to the inexperienced, resemble hieroglyphics; to the experienced livestock person, however, they become a readable language. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 5/29/2007 last visited: 5/21/2012 |
view gallery |  Chargers Camps ~Cheyenne Agency 1891 - 1959
in South Dakota Historical Markers The new location chosen for our Agency "town" was the site of Chief Martin Charger's permanent campsite located at a point midway between the Cheyenne and Moreau rivers on the west bank of the Missouri river. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 5/29/2007 last visited: 6/16/2013 |
view gallery |  The Oahe Dam and Lake
in South Dakota Historical Markers This huge structure and its lake, which are 200 miles long, will cover a multitude of Historic Sites. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 5/29/2007 last visited: 5/28/2007 |
view gallery |  Yankton Trail Bridge
in South Dakota Historical Markers This site has been an important Big Sioux River crossing for more than 300 years. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 5/25/2007 last visited: 7/27/2014 |
view gallery |  Chamberlain ~1880~
in South Dakota Historical Markers Named for Selah Chamberlain, a Milwaukee RR official, the site was the scene of an encounter between Jean Baptiste Trudeau and the Teton Sioux in 1794 and when Samuel H Morrow surveyed the area, in 1868 he found a ranch on American Creek. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 5/6/2007 last visited: 5/6/2007 |
view gallery |  Historic Highway ~Chamberlain~
in South Dakota Historical Markers East on US 18 to W to SD 47 on US 18 posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 5/6/2007 last visited: 5/6/2007 |
view gallery |  Lake Hendricks Norwegian Colony of 1873
in South Dakota Historical Markers The first settlers at lake Hendricks were 31 Norwegians, arriving July 14, 1873 with 11 covered wagons and 30 cattle. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 4/17/2007 last visited: 10/10/2008 |
view gallery |  Brookings County
in South Dakota Historical Markers The History of Brookings County began with the Act which authorized its first boundaries approved on April 5th 1862. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 4/17/2007 last visited: 4/17/2007 |
view gallery |  Lake Hendricks State Park
in South Dakota Historical Markers This lake was named for Thomas A Hendricks, commissioner of the General land Office, 1855 - 59, at which time the state boundary was serveyed and the lake named. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 4/17/2007 last visited: 10/10/2008 |
view gallery |  Brookings County2
in South Dakota Historical Markers The History of Brookings County began with the Act which authorized its first boundaries approved on April 5th 1862. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 4/17/2007 last visited: 10/10/2008 |
view gallery |  You are entering South Dakota (2)
in South Dakota Historical Markers Welcome to South Dakota! Created with its twin North Dakota, 2 November 1889, its 77,047 square miles ranks 15th in size. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 4/16/2007 last visited: 8/8/2007 |
view gallery |  You are entering Roberts County South Dakota 4
in South Dakota Historical Markers Long the home of Sisseton, Wahpeton & Cuthead Yanktonaise Sioux, it became part of Deuel & Cheyenne Counties in 1862. posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 4/16/2007 last visited: 8/20/2013 |
view gallery |  You are now leaving South Dakota
in South Dakota Historical Markers You are now leaving South Dakota posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 4/16/2007 last visited: 7/20/2012 |
view gallery |  You are about to enter Richland County ND
in South Dakota Historical Markers The southerly most 4 miles of Richland County posted by: MNSearchers location: South Dakota date approved: 4/16/2007 last visited: 7/20/2012 |
view gallery |  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 |
view gallery |  Brown Earth Indian Church
in South Dakota Historical Markers A roadside plaque commemorating the first church in Grant County. The plaque is located along Highway 20 at 472 Ave; the Church and cemetery are located 1 mile north on 472 Ave and 1/2 mile west on a gravel road at N 45 07.329 W 96 46.319. posted by: farmkid location: South Dakota date approved: 3/14/2007 last visited: 5/17/2006 |
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