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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM252X_lady-liberty_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
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Lady Liberty first graced McKennan Park in 1942 although the statue was not formally dedicated until August 1, 1943. As several thousand watched, twins Thelma and Elma Iverson unveiled a wood carving of the Statue of Liberty. The…
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With World War II threatening the tranquility of the United States in 1940, Oscar Ellefson, caretaker and builder of many early McKennan Park attractions, proposed a new project. Ellefson envisioned designing and building two pillars made of stone…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM252K_helen-gale-mckennan_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
An early pioneer and land
speculator in Sioux Falls,
Helen McKennan
recognized a need for
city parks. She donated
her home and 20 acres of
adjacent land in 1906 to
become what is now
known as McKennan Park.
Martin Wanserski Sc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM252J_sioux-falls-municipal-band_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
On Sunday July 11, 1920, at McKennan Park, several thousand people attended the first concert of the Sioux Falls Municipal Band. A year earlier, in the first city election allowing women to vote, citizens approved a proposal to support a city band…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24TI_abraham-lincoln_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
The son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Lincoln had to struggle for a living and for learning. Five months before receiving his party's nomination for President, he sketched his life.
"I was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My pa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24NF_ronald-reagan_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
On February 6, 1911, Ronald Wilson Reagan was born to Nelle and John Reagan in Tampico, Illinois. He attended high school in nearby Dixon and then worked his way through Eureka College. There, he studied economics and sociology, played on the foot…
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Side 1
In the first half of the 20th century, periodic epidemics of polio rattled the nation with waves of critically ill patients, terrified parents, and overwhelmed hospitals. The polio virus attacked the nervous system, causing paralysis. Most…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U8Q_aauw-sioux-falls-branch-historical_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
Side A
During most of the 19th century, few women completed high school
and only daughters of the privileged or well educated had an
opportunity for a higher education. In 1881 seventeen women met
in Boston, Massachusetts, to discuss forming a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U1E_the-old-yankton-trail-and-stage-road-historical_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
Here is preserved
the Old Yankton Trail
and
Stage Road
Over this trail the people of
Sioux Falls fled to Yankton
under cavalry escort for
safety from hostile
Sioux Indians, Aug. 28, 1862
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QG9_columbus-college_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
FrontColumbus College began in 1909 in Chamberlain. S. Dak., and operated there for 12 years. With the inspiration of Bishop Thomas O'Gorman, the all-male prep school, high school, and college were moved to Sioux Falls and reopened in September 19…