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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WT2_doctors-residence-historical_Eden-SD.html
One of the doctor's duties was to record mammal sightings. In 1869, elk, buffalo, antelope, grey wolf, and black bear were recorded. The antelope is the only animal still sighted in this region.
Due to dwindling numbers, an order was issued…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WT1_commanding-officers-quarters-historical_Eden-SD.html
Major Rose commanded Company F of the First U.S. Volunteers and the Second Minnesota Cavalry, of which Andrew was a member. Company F was a group of Confederate prisoners who agreed to serve at western outposts. They were known as "galvanized Yank…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WT0_adjutants-office-historical_Eden-SD.html
As the assistant to the commanding officer, the adjutant kept track of the men who were on furlough, in the hospital or on field patrol.
Soldiers shared many new experiences while on patrol. Many were farm boys, away from home for the first t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WSZ_andrew-jackson-fisk-historic-trail-historical_Eden-SD.html
Andrew Jackson Fisk was fourteen when he enlisted in the Second Minnesota Cavalry, Company A. Two years later, he began his service as quartermaster sergeant as Fort Wadsworth (later named Fort Sisseton).
Join Andrew as he shares with you, in h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WSY_this-fort-is-for-the-birds-historical_Eden-SD.html
The prairie pothole lakes region that surrounds Fort Sisseton is a haven for birds. Birds and waterfowl were found in abundance when the military arrived at Fort Sisseton. In 1868 and 1869, Fort surgeon Dr. B. Knickerbocker recorded 44 species of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WSX_bulldozing-the-landscape-historical_Eden-SD.html
About, 20,000 years ago, a series of glaciers scoured and scraped their way across South Dakota, creating in their wake the Coteau des Prairies. As the glaciers retreated, they left a deposit known as glacial moraine - consisting of soil and rocky…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WST_first-presbyterian-church-historical_Langford-SD.html
Former Site of
First Presbyterian Church
Langford, South Dakota
1896 - 1997
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WS3_fort-sisseton-military-reservation-dakota-territory-historical_Eden-SD.html
In February 1871, President Grant approved an 82,000 acre parcel of land measuring nine miles by fifteen miles as the Fort Sisseton Military Reservation. The land was set aside for use by the military for training exercises and hay ground for live…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WS2_post-cemetery-historical_Eden-SD.html
The cemetery roster reveals countless hardships. Nine of the people interred in this cemetery succumbed to typhoid, and four to consumption (tuberculosis). Two each died by fever, drowning, freezing, bronchitis, pneumonia, meningitis and gunshot w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WS1_library-historical_Eden-SD.html
Filling the countless hours proved to be a soldier's greatest challenge. According to one soldier, "everybody is writing who can raise a pencil or sheet of paper."
When mail was delayed, soldiers turned to reading books. The library was in …