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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BWI_cheyenne-river-rest-area_Wasta-SD.html
South Dakota's rich western heritage has been remembered along the Interstate highway system at safety rest areas and tourist information centers.
The eight pillars which thrust skyward here merge in the framework of a tipi, the Plains Indian h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BVN_purple-heart-memorial-highway_Wasta-SD.html
On May 24, 2012, the South Dakota DOT's Transportation Commission officially declared Interstate 90 from the Minnesota border to the Wyoming border as South Dakota's segment of the National Purple Heart Trail. The Purple Heart Trail was establishe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29GX_work-call_Hill-City-SD.html
This memorial dedicated to
the young men of the
Civilian Conservation Corps
1933-1942
Made possible by a grant from
"Sarge"
Melvin B. Hermanson
2008
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29BS_von-woehrman-building_Hill-City-SD.html
This building is listed on the National Register as the oldest commercial hand-hewn log building in continuous use in South Dakota.
Built in 1885 by the German immigrant Camillo Von Woehrman as a saloon and sleeping quarters; in 1890 he began pu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24XV_the-big-badlands_Wall-SD.html
A few hundred yards to the west, turn left on the sage Creek Rim Road for Roberts Prairie Dog Town and the Sage Creek Primitive Campground. Wildlife, particularly bison, is often seen near this gravel road.
The Sage Creek Rim Road overlooks the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24WT_historic-madison-ranch_Rapid-City-SD.html
A one time member of Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show, Madison came to Dakota Territory in 1886 and the history of South Dakota Rodeo began. Russ won the Champion Relay Race in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1907 and then began building his bucking horse …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YN1_father-of-mt-rushmore_Keystone-SD.html
Doane Robinson (1856-1946) was the South Dakota state historian from 1901 to 1926. Speaking to the Black and Yellow Trail Association in January 1924, Robinson proposed his idea to carve legendary figures of the American West into the Black Hills …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OI8_the-power-to-carve-a-mountain_Keystone-SD.html
Over 450,000 tons of rock were removed from Mount Rushmore to bring out the four presidential faces. Although about 90% of the rock was removed with dynamite, the remaining rock was removed by drilling with jackhammers and wedging the rock off the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OI7_mount-rushmore-chronology_Keystone-SD.html
1923 · Colossal sculpture in the Black Hills first suggested by Doane Robinson.
1924 · Gutzon Borglum's first visit to the Black Hills.
1927 · Address by President Calvin Coolidge at Mount Rushmore and first actual d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OI6_history-of-the-united-states-of-america_Keystone-SD.html
Almighty God, from this pulpit of stone the American people render thanksgiving and praise for the new era of civilization brought forth upon this continent. Centuries of tyrannical oppression sent to these shores, God-fearing men to seek in freed…