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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C7S_industry_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
In the 1880s, wheat was among the major crops grown locally, and the need to process the grain locally arose. In 1877, the Cascade Mill purchased water rights and five acres of land on the east side of the Big Sioux River, north of Eighth Street, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C6K_railroads_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
The Great Dakota Land Boom took place from the late 1870s through the 1880s. This influx of settlers was driven largely by rapid railroad expansion. In 1878, the first rail service arrived in Sioux Falls and by 1888 it had five lines. The populati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C67_manchester-biscuit-company_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
In 1902, the Manchester Biscuit Company came to Sioux Falls and built a two-story quartzite building on East Sixth Street. By 1909, the building had expanded to include a third floor and a three-story addition was added to the south. In 1915, the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C64_raven-industries_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
Manchester Biscuit Company was well known for its Big Sioux Biscuits and other treats, which it continued making until 1961 when the plant in Sioux Falls closed. That same year, Raven Industries purchased the building. Raven Industries was formed …
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/HM24QK_in-the-name-of-progress_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
"The vast granite walls which have stood for years, rugged and wildly picturesque, a great and inspiring example of the handwork of God, are being smoothed away by the kiss of the hammer and the marvelous power of the explosives".
SF Press…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24QJ_artisans-at-the-falls_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
Drake Polishing Works operated on the east bank of the river, across from where you are now standing. Like other industries that located by the falls, it used the flow of the Big Sioux River to run its equipment. Unlike the other industries, Drake…