Marshall County South Dakota

Marshall County South Dakota (HM1Q36)

Location: Sisseton, SD 57262 Marshall County
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Country: United States of America
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N 45° 39.573', W 97° 13.825'

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The last county organized east of the Missouri, on May 2, 1885; it had been in Sheyenne County 1862; a gigantic Hanson 1870; coincident with Stone 1873; the north half of Day 1879 and was created by the 1885 Legislature and named for Governor William W. Marshall of Minnesota. Its high coteaus and many wooded lakes made it the early and happy habitat of the Cuthead Yanktonaise and Sisseton Sioux. White trappers and traders enroute from Lake Traverse to the Aricara villages on the Missouri near Grand River, visited it by 1800 and its first permanent resident was
Joseph R. Brown in 1843 when he had a Fur Trade Post at Buffalo Lakes, near the SE corner, later sold to the American Fur Company. In 1864, following the Santee Sioux outbreak in Minnesota, Ft. Wadsworth, near its south central border was built to restrain the hostile Indians. It was a very strongly entrenched post and in 1876 was renamed Ft. Sisseton but was abandoned by the Military In June 1889. Reconstructed in the 1930s, it is the most authentic old fort in the Midwest and in 1959 was named as a state park. Not far distant is Roy Lake, with a most extensive shore line, another state park. The county's first post office was at Newark, June 15, 1883; John F. Pulver, Postmaster. Famous for fishing and upland game. Marshall County welcomes you.

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HM Number	HM1Q36
Tags	Forts and Castles, Native Americans, Early Settlers
Year Placed	1959
Placed By	Marshall County Highway Department
Marker Condition	No reports yet
Date Added	Thursday, December 17th, 2015 at 9:03am PST -08:00

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UTM (WGS84 Datum)	14T E 637860 N 5057745
Decimal Degrees	45.65955000, -97.23041667
Degrees and Decimal Minutes	N 45° 39.573', W 97° 13.825'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds	45° 39' 34.38" N, 97° 13' 49.5" W
Driving Directions	Google Maps
Area Code(s)	605
Which side of the road?	Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal Address	At or near 44726 SD-10, Sisseton SD 57262, US
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