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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C2I_washington-high-school_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
(side one)
For most of the 119 years between 1873 and 1992, a majority of Sioux Falls children attended one of three successive public schools erected on this site. The first, an unnamed small wood-frame elementary school, was replaced five years…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C2G_the-coliseum_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
The City of Sioux Falls purchased this land in 1905 to be used as a Farmer's Market. Architect Joseph Schwarz designed the auditorium. Constructed in 1917 for $218,000 it features Art Deco adornment both inside and out. The main floor and three si…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C2F_orpheum-theater_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
(panel 1)
On October 2, 1913, the grand opening of the Orpheum Theater at 315 N. Phillips Avenue was a full-dress affair with patrons paying the unheard of price of $5 per seat. First nighters were entertained with a full line-up. Entertainment i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C2D_lt-jonas-lien_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
(side one)
After the United States declared war against Spain in 1898, Jonas H. Lien enlisted into the First Regiment of the newly formed South Dakota Volunteer Infantry. The regiment was mustered into federal service at Camp Dewey in Sioux Falls…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C2C_dakota-iron-store_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
On this site in March 1910, Bernard Scott Reardon, Sr. and an associate founded the Dakota Iron Store as a wholesale distributor of heavy hardware, farm equipment, and automotive parts and supplies.
In 1975 the corporate name was changed to DaKon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C2B_foundation-of-the-city_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
Quartzite is the stone you see revealed throughout Falls Park. Sioux Quartzite is the local name for his stone. It was also called Jasper. Sioux Quartzite provided both the physical and financial base for the city of Sioux Falls.
Quartzite is ver…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C2A_beginning-of-great-changes_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
In the city's early days, the falls attracted both industry and pleasure seekers. During their leisure time, settlers and visitors enjoyed both the falls and Seney Island
The Island, as it was called by early residents, was an oasis for citizens …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C29_the-first-school-house-1873_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
1873near this site was erected
The First School House
in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
This tablet placed byMary Chilton Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution1929
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C28_illinois-central-depot_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
Directly east is the Illinois Central Railroad Passenger Depot. The Illinois Central, the fourth railroad company to extend its service to Sioux Falls, opened its line and passenger depot in December, 1887. The building became a freight depot afte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BZR_the-sioux-quartzite_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
The Sioux Quartzite, deposited more than a billion years ago, is among the oldest rock exposed in South Dakota. The quartzite and associated pipestone deposits were known to white men as early as 1822, but the American Indian used pipestone centur…