South Dakota State Historical Society Markers Compiled by C.B. Nelson The official South Dakota State Historical Society (SDSHS) marker program began in 1950. State Historian Doane Robinson created the program to erect markers at significant historical locations across the state. At this time, the SDSHS was a public organization and not an official part of state government. Contributions from the SDSHS funded the first markers. Robinson and interested members of the SDSHS identified potential sites and then raised money for the markers. Interested members contributed money both for specific markers and also for those to be purchased at Robinson’s discretion. Funding for these early markers was often a cooperative effort between the SDSHS and interested groups. The Department of Transportation, through its Publicity Division (forerunner of the Department of Tourism), often contributed to the erection of these markers along state highways. State Historian Will Robinson (son of Doane) continued the program reaching out to many local historical societies and civic groups who raised money to purchase markers in their communities. When the SDSHS became a part of state government, the program continued to purchase markers through donations. The marker program has always, and continues to be, primarily funded through private donations with very limited state funds expended on the program. NOTES ON THE MARKERS The marker texts presented below are how they appear on the markers themselves – errors, bad grammar, cultural insensitivities and various spellings included. * Indicates marker information not available when compiled Most recent revision – April 2017 1 Table of Contents 100th Meridian, 86 Bon Homme Church, Directional* 100th Meridian Map Marker, 197 Bon Homme, First School, 13 1900 Campaign Whistlestop by T. Roosevelt, 141 Bon Homme, Replica School, 14 1st and Only Hanging In Hughes County, 90 Bon Homme Village* 1st Lt. Edward Wanton Casey, 205 Bonesteel, Battle of, 78 Abbie Gardner, 180 Borglum, Gutzon, 161 Academy, 38 Borglum Ranch and Studio, 55 Alcester CCC Camp, 195 Boulder Deposited in the Terminal Moraine, 46 Amateur Baseball, Birthplace in SD, 39 Brandon, City of, 147 American Creek, 29 Brave Bear Hung Here, 202 American Island, 113 Bridgewater, 115 American Island CCC Camp, 30 Bristol, 62 American Legion BB, 77 Brookings County, First Convention in, 19 American Lutheran Church, * Brookings County, You Are Entering, 21 Amidon Affair, 130 Brookings and Hillcrest Park, 20 Among Many Little Trees, 132 Brookings/Moody County, 16 Ancient Indian Fortress, 86 Brookings/Kingsbury County, 17 Ancient Indian Fortress, Directional * Brookings/Moody County, 16 Ancient River Warren Channel, 175 Brown/Day County, 26 Anderson, Sigurd, 64 Brown County Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial, 27 Archie M. Gubbrud, 193 Brown Earth Indian Church, 76 Augustana Academy, Canton, 111 Brown Fur Trade Post, 118 Aurland Church, 26 Brown’s, Sam Ride, 66 Badger Clark Dakota Home, 8 Brule City, 29 Badger Hole, 54 Bruyer Church, 43 Badlands, 159 Burleigh House* Badus – Pioneer Swiss Colony, 102 Bulow, William, 195 Badus, Site of Original Swiss Colony * Byrne, Honorable Frank M., 75 Bangor, Monument Marks the Site of, 198 Camp Collier, 72 Battle Mountain, 73 Camp Pleasant, 114 Beadle, William H.H., 105 Campbell County, You Are Entering, 34 Bear Butte, 120 Campbells’ Fur Post, Stood On This Spot, 28 Bear Butte Indian Camp (MatoPaha), 120 Canton, 110 Berry, Steven Memorial Roadside Park, 107 Canton Ski Hill, 111 Berry, Tom, 93 Catlin Indian Village, 152 Bethlehem Cemetery, 79 Centennial Time Capsule, 118 Big Foot Surrenders, 179 Center for Missouri Valley History Map, 182 Bijou Hills, 1877, 38 Center Monument* Bijou Hills Game Management Area, 30 Center of North America, 88 Bill Robinson* Center of South Dakota, 88 Bismarck to Deadwood Trail, 165 Center of the United States, 33 Black Hills and Fort Pierre Railroad, 121 Challenger’s Crew, Dedicated to, 48 Black Hills Gold Trails, Converging, 124 Chamberlain, 129 Black Hills Tragedy, 106 Cheyenne Agency – Directional at Agar* Blue-Star Memorial Highway (Day), 67 Cheyenne Agency – Directional from Onida* Blue-Star Memorial Highway (Walworth), 198 Cheyenne River Rest Area, 164 Bon Homme Church* Cheyenne River South Fork, 160 2 Christ Church, 203 Fedora Independent Consolidated School District No. Church of the Ascension* 1, 126 Civil War Monument, 90 Fight at the Mission, 178 Clark Centennial Time Capsule, 40 Firefighers, Early SD, 131 Clark, Men of Who Served in the Great Wars, 40 Firesteel (marker 539 and 573), 62 & 69 Codington County Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 46 First Dakota National Bank of Yankton, 199 Codington County Monument to Spanish American First Election in the Northwest US, 192 War Veterans, 49 First Rural Electric Coop, 43 Columbia, 23 Fisher Grove, 179 Continental Divide, 117 Flandreau Christian Indian Community, 154 Continental Divide (Britton), 117 Flandreau Historic Area* Continental Divide (close to Britton), 118 Flandreau Indian School, 156 Continental Divide Marker, 167 Flint Store and Post Office, 35 Cottonwood Creek Roadside Park, 93 Flour Mill, First in SD, 190 Council Rock, Indian Capitol of the Dakotas, 180 Flume, Fabulous, 106 Crazy Horse Mountain, 53 Fool Soldier Band, 197 Crazy Horse Mountains, Dead Ahead* Forestburg Roadside Park, 177 Crow and Elm Creeks, Directional* Fort Brule, 196 Crow Creek CCC Camp, 32 Fort Hale Map* Custer 1874 Trail, 121 Fort Manual, 51 Custer’s 7th Cavalry Campsite, 201 Fort Manual 1812, 52 Custer CCC Camp, 60 Fort Meade CCC Camp, 124 Custer Expedition Campsite May 6-7 1873, 200 Fort Pierre, 181 Custer Expedition Campsite May 7-11 1873, 12 Fort Pierre Chouteau, 182 Custer Expedition Campsite Aug 1-6 1874, 54 Fort Randall* Custer Trail Crossing 1874, 106 Fort Randall, Barracks* Daly Corners, 28 Fort Randall, Commanding Officer’s Day/Brown County, 43 Quarters, 77 Day County, First Permanent White Settlers, 65 Fort Randall Historic Chapel, 77 Deadwood, 1st Gold Discovery, 108 Fort Randall, Plat, 77 Deadwood, 2nd Gold Discovery, 108 Fort Sisseton, 117 Deadwood Cheyenne Stage Route, 110 Fort Sisseton, Historic, 117 Death of the Bismarck Trail, 119 Fort Sod, Incident at, 151 Dieter School, 180 Fort Sully, Old, 86 DeSmet, 95 Fort Sully, Old, 183 DeSmet, Father Pierre Jean, 100 Fort Thompson Area Map, 33 Doane Mountain, 157 Fort Thompson, New Directional* Dolph, 81 Fort Thompson – Stephan Indian Mission* Dubuque House, 147 Fort Thompson (Robert Philbrick)* Dunn, Harvey Birthplace, 96 Fort Vermillion – Green Point and Burbank, 141 Dunn, Harvey N.A.* Fort Wadsworth-Fort Sisseton Map, 117 Early Western Highway (marker 263 and 297), 183 Fourteen-Mile House, 193 East Sioux Falls, 138 French Creek CCC Camp, 56 Egan, Hanging of an Innocent Man, 133 From Glory to Glory All Saints District, 148 Elk Point, 191 Frontier Log Cabin, 20 Elrod, Samuel Harrison, 39 Frost, Todd and Co. Post, 201 Eminija, Minnesota Territory, 140 Frost, Todd and Co. Trading Post, 203 Eminija Mounds, 153 Fur Post, First Permanent, 85 Epiphany, Town of, 82 Fur Posts, 182 Episcopal Church, 52 Garland, Hamlin, 28 Estes Creek CCC Camp, 109 Geddes Lake Roadside Park* Eureka Area, Honoring the People of, 116 Giants in the Earth, 195 Faith, 120 Goodwill Mission and Church* Farm Island CCC Camp, 89 Gore, Mahlon Claim Shack, 192 Farm Island State Park* Government Building, 136 Graham, Mentor House, 85 3 Grand Officers, 44 Hub City* Grand View, 70 Hugh Glass, 165 Grasshopper Cross 2.3 Miles, 190 Hugh Glass, 165 Grasshopper Cross at Elk Point, 191 Hugh Glass, Adventurer, 165 Grasshopper Cross at Jefferson, 190 Hughes County and Library, 90 Greenway Ferry* Humphrey, General A.A., 76 Grier, Thomas Johnson, 110 Humphrey, Hubert H. Jr., 48 Grindstone Post Office Site* Hyde, Franklin D.* Grindstone Post Office Site, Original, 80 Indian Country, 179 Hall, Cleveland T., 95 Indian Medicine Tree, 61 Hartford, Town of, 129 Indian Prayer Rock, 71 Harris, Jessie G., 28 Ingall’s Homestead, Site of, 96 Hartman, 127 Inman Mall, 43 Health Laboratory* Ipswich Arch, 71 Hearst Highway, 107 It Started Here, 123 Herman, Site of Pioneer Lake County Seat* Iverson Crossing Road, 150 Herried, Charles N., 116 Jack McCall Burial Site, 200 Herseth, Ralph, 24 Jefferson, 189 Highmore, 92 Jensen, Leslie Scenic Drive, 72 Hill City , 157 Keloland Centennial Gold Rush, 98 Historic Highway #1-6 Tabor, Avon, Wagner, Kennedy, C.B., 104 Pickstown, 204 Kingsbury County, You Are Entering, 17 Historic Highway Brule, 30 Kingsbury/Brookings County, 17 Historic Highway Hughes, 90 Kingsbury/Lake County, 97 Historic Highway Lyman, 115 LaCreek CCC Camp, 12 Historic Highway Map* Lafoon, 76 Historic Highway Map* LaFromboise, Site of* Historic Highway Iona, 113 Lake Campbell Lutheran Church, 21 Historic Highway Map* Lake Hendricks Colony, 17 Historic Highway Map* Lake Hendricks State Park, Brookings, 19 Historic Highway Directional* Lake Herman State Park, 104 Historic Highway East of Pickstown* Lake Louise* Historic Highway Fort Randall, 36 Lake/Miner County, 103 Historic Highway Ghost Town* Lake Preston Time Capsule, 101 Historic Highway Marty Mission, 37 Lake Roubaix CCC Camp, 109 Historic Highway Rising Hail Col. Marty Mission* Lest We Forget Those Who Served, 36 Historic Highway Springfield Times* Lewis and Clark – Leavenworth, 49 Historic Highway Struck By the Ree, 36 Lewis and Clark Memorial Bridge, 30 Historic Highway Treaty Monument* Lightning Creek CCC Camp, 59 Historic Highway Trudeau Cabin Site, 37 Lindberg Landing, Renner Field, 134 Historic Highway Twin Vista* Lindberg Site, near Pierre, 204 Historic Highway Custer-7th Cavalry* Little Bend, Directional* Historic Highway Brule Agency* Little White Roadside Park, 184 Historic Highway Burke* Lodge CCC Camp, 58 Historic Highway Manganese* Loisel Fur Post, 85 Historic Highway Oacoma* Log Cabin, Site of Brookings, 20 Historic Highway 100 feet* Lone Tree, 154 Historic Marker Map #2* Lower Brule Agency, 114 History Unfolds, 181 Madison, Old First County Seat, 102 Hoecken’s, Father Monument, 183 Madison, Site of Old County Seat, 102 Hole in the Mountain, 15 Mammoth Site, 74 Homestead Rest Area, 194 Marshall/Roberts County, 171 Horse Creek CCC Marker, 58 Marten’s Ferry – St.