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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CM3_south-dakota-railroads_Fort-Pierre-SD.html
South Dakota Railroads. Railroads were economically and socially important in South Dakota. They furthered new settlement, population growth, and community prosperity by recruiting homesteaders and platting townsites. Trains provided passenger tra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CLO_a-room-with-a-view_Waubay-SD.html
A Room with a View. . . Fire towers like this were once erected all across the country to help spot wildfires before they got out of control. This tower is 110 feet tall with 133 steps to the top-not for the faint of heart! . . Into the Tre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CLM_potholes-and-prairie_Waubay-SD.html
Potholes and Prairie. . . Waubay National Wildlife Refuge is in the Prairie Pothole Region-a region of the northern Great Plains where shallow wetlands, or potholes, are scattered about the prairie. About 10,000 years ago, glaciers scoured the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CKM_saving-men-and-beasts_Waubay-SD.html
Saving Men and Beasts. . . In 1935, when Waubay National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) was established, the country was in the midst of the Great Depression and a severe drought. President Franklin D. Roosevelt attacked the loss of jobs and the threat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CJU_molyneux-cabin_Philip-SD.html
Molyneux Cabin. Built in the Black Hills by Cyrus M. Molyneux in 1888. Moved in 1896 to North Fork, in Haakon County. Three terms of school were held in it with Molyneux as teacher. Donated by Allen Gee. Reconstruction completed, on Museum plot in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CHK_comanche-park_Custer-SD.html
Comanche Park. Comanche, an Indian mustang ridden by Captain Keogh, Seventh U.S. Cavalry, was named for the Comanche Indians, from whom he was captured. The buckskin horse proved dependable under fire and was ridden by Keogh during the ill-fate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CGH_harney-peak-lookout_Keystone-SD.html
Harney Peak Lookout. The Harney Peak fire lookout, dam and pumphouse were built by the CCC in 1939 and are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Harney Peak Elevation is 2207 meters (7242 ft). The peak is the highest poi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CA3_phillips-to-the-falls_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
The realization of a grand vision to restorethe natural beauty of our city's most historicand important landmark
Falls Park is the city's historic birthplace. The almost mystical allure of the falls has always been a powerful influence. Sioux Fal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CA2_howard-public-library_Howard-SD.html
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The Howard Public Library was the first public library chartered in Dakota Territory. Charter No. 1 was issued to the Ladies Library Association of Howard on January 8, 1886, by M.L. McCormick, Territorial Secretary. In 1889, the City of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CA1_fedora-independent-consolidated-school-district-no-1_Fedora-SD.html
Around 1895 the first Fedora village school was the Root School located in section 9 later moved to section 10. In 1905 a new two story wood school was built and used for grades one through ten located two blocks south of this marker on the west s…