Pollock, South Dakota Settlers Plaque
The first settlers came to this area
about 1880. LaGrace, 9 miles
southwest, was the first town and
the County seat until 1888, when
It gradually disappeared.
The town of Pollock was founded
In 1901 at the end of the
Soo Line Railroad, named after
R.Y. Pollock, an early settler,
Community leader and lay preacher.
The town was to be flooded
by the Oahe Reservoir
and in 1955 ground was broken
for the present town and its two
churches, Presbyterian and Lutheran.
The old town site, one mile north
of this point, is now covered by
Lake Pocasse.
National Bicentennial Wagon Train
The South Dakota
covered wagon in the
national Bicentennial
Wagon train to
Valley Forge, Pa.,
made its official start
in Pollock on
October 7, 1975,
accompanied by the
North Dakota wagon
and a
Pennsylvania wagon.
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