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DAKOTA 1939
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179 TOPICS
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1839 |
50
YEARS BEFORE SOUTH DAKOTA'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION |
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1841 |
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1842 |
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1843 |
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1844 |
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1845 |
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1846 |
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December 28,
South Dakota area, east of the Missouri River unorganized.
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1849 |
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March 3,
South Dakota area, east of the Missouri River became
part of Minnesota Territory.
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1850 |
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1851 |
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1852 |
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1853 |
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1854 |
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May 30, South
Dakota area west of the Missouri River, became part
of Nebraska Territory.
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1855 |
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1856 |
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1857 |
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Medary, first
town in Brookings County, and one of the first three
(Flandreau, Sioux Falls) European settlements in South
Dakota
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August 27,
pioneer Wilmot W. Brookings arrived in Sioux Falls,
Minnehaha County, South Dakota and becoming one of
the first settlers.
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1858 |
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Medary town
inhabitants driven out by Yankton and Yanktonnia Native
Americans in Brookings County, South Dakota.
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1859 |
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Norwegians
begin to establish claims near the James and Vermillion
rivers in South Dakota.
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1860 |
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South Dakota
population, 4,837 residents.
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Commerce City
(present Canton) founded, on the Big Sioux River in
Lincoln County, South Dakota. Coordinates 43°18'N-96°35'W.
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| 1861 |
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March 2, Dakota Territory organized, capital Yankton.
APRIL - BEGINNING OF
THE CIVIL WAR
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May
27, William Jayne, appointed governor of South Dakota
Territory (1861-November 2, 1863).
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| 1862 |
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Bon Homme County
established in South Dakota, seat Tyndall.
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Canton appointed
seat of Lincoln County in South Dakota.
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Charles Mix
County established in South Dakota, seat Lake Andes.
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Clay County
established in South Dakota, seat Vermillion.
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Deuel County
established in South Dakota, seat Clear Lake.
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Gregory County
established in South Dakota, seat Burke.
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Hutchinson
County established in South Dakota, seat Olivet.
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Minnehaha County
established in South Dakota, seat Sioux Falls.
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Union County
established in South Dakota, seat Elk Point.
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Yankton County
established in South Dakota, seat Yankton.
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| 1863 |
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November 2, Newton Edmunds, appointed governor of South
Dakota Territory (1863-September 5, 1866).
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| 1864 |
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Vanderbilt
settlement along the Missouri River established by Andrew
Marsch, in Campbell County, South Dakota.
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| 1865 |
MAY -
ENDING OF THE CIVIL WAR
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1866 |
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September 5,
Andrew Jackson Faulk, appointed governor of South Dakota
Territory (1866-May 10, 1869).
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1867 |
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Commerce City
renamed Canton, in Lincoln County, South Dakota.
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Lincoln County
established in South Dakota, seat Canton.
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1868 |
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The Fort Laramie
Treaty creates the native American Sioux Reservation,
west of the Missouri River in South Dakota.
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1869 |
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After Medary
town, was almost 11 years abandoned, Norwegion pioneers
arrived and settled in the area in Brookings County,
South Dakota.
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May 10, John
Albyne Burbank, appointed governor of South Dakota Territory
(1869-January 1, 1874).
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1870 |
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South Dakota
population, 11,776 residents.
- South Dakota, Bonhomme
County population, 608 residents.
- South Dakota, Brookings
County population, 163 residents.
- South Dakota, Buffalo
County population, 246 residents.
- South Dakota, Charles
Mix County population, 152 residents.
- South Dakota, Clay County
population, 2,621 residents.
- South Dakota, Deuel County
population, 37 residents.
- South Dakota, Hutchinson
County population, 37 residents.
- South Dakota, Jayne County
population, 5 residents.
- South Dakota, Lincoln
County population, 712 residents.
- South Dakota, Minnehaha
County population, 355 residents.
- South Dakota, Todd County
population, 337 residents.
- South Dakota, Union County
population, 3,507 residents.
- South Dakota, Yankton
County population, 2,097 residents.
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1871 |
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Turner County
established in South Dakota, seat Parker.
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July 3, Brookings
County formally organized in the cabin of Martin Trygstad
in Medary, South Dakota.
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1872 |
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1873 |
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German settlers
arrived in Dakota Territory.
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Buffalo County
established in South Dakota, seat Gann Valley.
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Campbell County
established in South Dakota, seat Mound City.
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Clark County
established in South Dakota, seat Clark.
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Davison County
established in South Dakota, seat Mitchell.
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Dewey County
established in South Dakota, seat Timber Lake.
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Douglas County
established in South Dakota, seat Armour.
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Edmunds County
established in South Dakota, seat Ipswich.
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Falk County
established in Sout Dakota, seat Faulkton.
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Grant County
established in South Dakota, seat Milbank.
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Hamlin County
established in South Dakota, seat Hayti.
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Hand County
established in South Dakot, seat Miller.
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Hanson County
established in South Dakota, seat Alexandria.
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G+Hyde County
established in South Dakota, seat Highmore.
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Kingsbury County
established in South Dakota, seat De Smet.
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Lake County
established in South Dakota, seat Madison.
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Lyman County
established in South Dakota, seat Kennebec.
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McCook County
established in South Dakota, seat Salem.
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McPherson County
established in South Dakota, seat Leola.
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Miner County
established in South Dakota, seat Howard.
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Moody County
established in South Dakota, seat Flandreau.
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Spink County
established in South Dakota, seat Redfield.
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Stanley County
established in South Dakota, seat Fort Pierre.
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Sully County
established in South Dakota, seat Onida.
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Tripp County
established in South Dakota, seat Winner.
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Walworth County
established in South Dakota, seat Selby.
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January 8,
the South Dakota Territorial Legislature relocated the
boundaries of Brookings County.
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1874 |
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Lieutenant
Colonel George A. Custer, discovered gold in French
Creek, during his expedition to the Black Hills in South
Dakota.
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January 1,
John Lee Pennington, appointed governor of South Dakota
Territory (1874-April 13, 1878).
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1875 |
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Brule County
established in South Dakota, seat Chamberlain.
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Custer County
established in South Dakota, seat Custer.
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Custer, laid
out and appointed seat of Custer County in South Dakota.
Coordinates 43°46'N-103°36'W. Attractions
& Recreation : Black Hills National
Forest, Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer State Park, Jewel
Cave National Monument, Mount Rushmore National Memorial,
Norbeck Wildlife Preserve.
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Lawrence County
established in South Dakota, seat Deadwood.
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Pennington County
established in South Dakota, seat Rapid City.
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Potter County
established in South Dakota, seat Gettysburg.
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Shannon County
established in South Dakota, seat Hot Springs.
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1876 |
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First settlers
arived in the Belle Fourche area in Butte County, South
Dakota.
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Deadwood, founded
during the gold rush, seat of Lawrence County in South
Dakota. Coordinates 44°23'N-103°44'W.
Attractions & Recreation :
Adams Memorial Museum, Hickok Monument, Terry Peak,
Theodore Roosevelt Monument.
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August 2, marshall
Wild Bill Hickok killed by Jack McCall, in a saloon
in Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota.
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1877 |
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Codington County
established in South Dakota, seat Watertown.
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1878 |
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Belle Fourche
settled by the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley
Railroad, in Butte County, South Dakota. Coordinates
44°40'N-103°51'W. Attractions
& Recreation : Belle Fourche Dam, Black
Hills National Forest.
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April 13, William
Alanson Howard, appointed governor of South Dakota Territory
1878-April 10, 1880).
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1879 |
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Beadle County
created in South Dakota, seat Huron. Named for Brigadier
General William Henry Harrison Beadle.
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Brookings surveyed,
platted and founded, seat of Brookings County in South
Dakota. Named for Judge Wilmot W. Brookings. Coordinates
44°19'N-96°48'W.
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Brown County
established in South Dakota, seat Aberdeen.
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Day County
established in South Dakota, seat Webster.
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Huron,
established by the Chicago and North Western Railway,
on the James River, seat of Beadle County, South Dakota.
Named for the Huron Native Americans. Coordinates 44°22'N-98°13'W.
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Minnekahta (present
Hot Springs) settled on the Fall River in Fall River
County, South Dakota. Name derived from Native American
language 'hot water'.
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August, Cavour
laid out, the first town in Beadle County, South Dakota.
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October 2,
a railroad from Minnesota came to Brookings County in
South Dakota.
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Ocotober 18,
first train arrived in Brookings town, Brookings County,
South Dakota.
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1880 |
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South Dakota
population, 98,268 residents.
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Beadle County
organized in South Dakota
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Hughes County
established in South Dakota, seat Pierre.
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April 10, George
H. Hand, appointed acting governor of South Dakota Territory
(1880-June 24, 1880).
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May 10, Huron
town platted in Beadle County, South Dakota.
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June 24, Nehemiah
George Ordway, appointed governor of South Dakota Territory
(1880-July 25, 1884).
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July 4, Charles
Miner, S.S. Neilson and Eli C. Walton, appointed by
Governor Ordway, as Commissioners to organize Beadle
County in South Dakota.
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July 20, Brown
County established in South Dakota.
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July 28, Huron
appointed seat of Beadle County in South Dakota.
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1881 |
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Aurora County
established in South Dakota, seat Plankinton.
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Belle Fourche
appointed seat of Butte County in South Dakota.
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Canton incorporated
in Lincoln County, South Dakota.
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Chamberlain
on the Missouri River, incorporated and appointed seat
of Brule County, South Dakota. Coordinates 43°49'N-99°20'W.
Attractions & Recreation :
Big Bend Dam
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Deadwood,
incorporated as city in Lawrence County, South Dakota.
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South Dakota
State University established in Brookings, Brookings
County, South Dakota.
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1882 |
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Minnekahtha
renamed Hot Springs, incorporated and appointed seat
of Fall River County in South Dakota.
Attractions & Recreation :
e.g. Wind Cave National Park
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1883 |
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Brookings incorporated,
Brookings County, South Dakota.
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Butte County
established in South Dakota, seat Belle Fourche.
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Custer, incorporated
in Custer County, South Dakota.
- Huron, incorporated in
Beadle County, South Dakota.
- Huron College, opened
in Pierre, Hughes County, South Dakota.
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Jerauld County
established in South Dakota, seat Wessington Springs.
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Roberts County
established in South Dakota, seat Sisseton.
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Sanborn County
established in South Dakota, seat Woonsocket.
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1884 |
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Augustana Academy
founded in Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota.
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Campbell County,
organized in South Dakota, seat LeGrace.
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Stage coach
service established by french nobleman Marquis de Mores,
between Medora, North Dakota and Deadwood in South Dakota.
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July 25, Gilbert
Ashville Pierce, appointed governor of South Dakota
Territory (1884--Febuary 17, 1886).
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1885 |
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Marshall County
established in South Dakota, seat Britton.
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1886 |
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1887 |
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Louis Kussuth
Church, appointed governor of South Dakota Territory
(1887-March 22, 1889).
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1888 |
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Campbell County
seat LeGrace moved to Mound City, South Dakota.
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1889 |
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Meade County established in South Dakota, seat Sturgis.
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March 22, Arthur Calvin Mellette, appointed governor
of South Dakota Territory (1889-November 2, 1889).
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November
2, South Dakota SD, 40th
state admitted to the Union
South
Dakota Today
: capital Pierre. Area 77,121 sq.mi.(199743km²),
17th largest state.
Counties 66 : Aurora, Beadle,
Bennett, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brown, Brule, Buffalo,
Butte, Campbell, Charles Mix, Clark, Clay, Codington,
Corson, Custer, Davison, Day, Deuel, Dewey, Douglas,
Edmunds, Fall River, Falk, Grant, Gregory, Haakon,
Hamlin, Hand, Hanson, Harding, Hughes, Hutchinson,
Hyde, Jackson, Jerauld, Jones, Kingsbury, Lake, Lawrence,
Lincoln, Lyman, Marshall, McCook, McPherson, Meade,
Mellette, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody, Pennington, Perkins,
Potter, Roberts, Sanborn, Shannon, Spink, Stanley,
Sully, Todd, Tripp, Turner, Union, Walworth, Yankton,
Ziebach. Attractions
& Recreation : Angostura Reservoir,
Badlands National Park, Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer
State Park, Jewel Cave National Monument, Mount Rushmore
National Memorial, Wind Cave National Park
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November 2, Arthur Calvin Mellette, elected governor
of South Dakota (1889-January 3, 1893).
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1890 |
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South Dakota
population, 348,600 residents.
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The first trainload
of cattle left Belle Fourche in Butte County, South
Dakota. At that time the world's largest livestock shipping
point.
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The Evans Plunge,
a natural warm-water indoor pool, built in Hot Springs,
Fall Water County, South Dakota.
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1891 |
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1892 |
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Brookings County
established in South Dakota, seat Brookings.
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1893 |
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January 3,
Charles Henry Sheldon, elected governor of South Dakota
(1893-January 1, 1897).
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1894 |
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1895 |
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A fire destroyed
downtown business district of Belle Fourche in Butte
County, South Dakota.
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1896 |
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1897 |
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January 1,
Andrew Ericson Lee, elected governor of South Dakota
(1897-January 8, 1901).
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June 27, Kid
Curry of the Butch Cassidy-Sundance Kid gang, botched
the robbery of the Butte County Bank in Belle Fourche,
South Dakota.
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1898 |
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Huron College,
established in Huron in Beadle County, South Dakota.
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1899 |
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1900 |
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South Dakota
population, 401,570 residents.
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1901 |
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Railroad arrived
in Campbell County, South Dakota.
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January 8,
Charles Nelson Herreid, elected governor of South Dakota
(1901-January 3, 1905).
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April 21, Lake
Andes platted, in Charles Mix County, South Dakota.
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1902 |
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1903 |
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Belle Fourche
incorporated, in Butte County, South Dakota.
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1904 |
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Lake Andes,
founded in Charles Mix County, South Dakota
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1905 |
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January 3, Samuel
Harrison Elrod, elected governor of South Dakota (1905-January
9, 1907).
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1906 |
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1907 |
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Public school
house built in Lake Andes, Charles Mix County, South
Dakota.
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January 8, Coe
Isaac Crawford, elected governor of South Dakota (1907-January
5, 1909).
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1908 |
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1909 |
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Bennett County
established in South Dakota, seat Martin.
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Corson County
established in South Dakota, seat McIntosh.
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Harding County
established in South Dakota, seat Buffalo.
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Mellette County
established in South Dakota, seat White River.
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Perkins County
established in South Dakota, seat Bison.
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Todd County
established in South Dakota, seat Winner.
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January 5,
Robert Scadden Vessey, elected governor of South Dakota
(1909--January 7, 1913).
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1910 |
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South Dakota
population, 583,888 residents.
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Faith, settled
in South Dakota, on the western edge of the Cheyenne
Native American (reservation) nation/land. Town
named after one of the daughters of the railroad company
president.
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1911 |
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Ziebach County
established in South Dakota, seat Dupree.
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May
27, Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. born in Wallace, Codington
County, South Dakota. Capitol College, Louisiana State
University and University of Minnesota graduate, pharmacist,
federal administrator, teacher, radio new commentator,
Senate leader, democrat and 38th Vice President of the
United States (1965-1969) under Lyndon B. Johnson. Died
on January 13, 1978 in Waverly, Wright County, Minnesota,
interment in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minnesota, posthumously awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on June 9, 1980.
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1912 |
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Martin settled
in Bennett County, South Dakota. Attractions
& Recreation : Arthur Bowring Ranch,
Brooks Memorial Park, Hodson Memorial Park, LaCreek
National Wildlife Refuge
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Vetal founded
in Bennett County, South Dakota.
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1913 |
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January 7, Frank
Michael Byrne, elected governor of South Dakota (1913-January
2, 1917).
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1914 |
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Haakon County
established in South Dakota, seat Philip.
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Jackson County
established in South Dakota, seat Kadoka.
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1915 |
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1916 |
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Jones County
established in South Dakota, seat Murdo.
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Tuthill founded
in Bennett County, South Dakota.
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1917 |
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January 2, Peter
Norbeck, elected governor of South Dakota (1917-January
4, 1921).
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1918 |
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1919 |
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1920 |
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South Dakota
population, 636,547 residents.
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1921 |
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January 4,
William Henry McMaster, elected governor of South Dakota
(1921-January 6, 1925).
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1922 |
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1923 |
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1924 |
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1925 |
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January 6,
Carl Gunderson, elected governor of South Dakota (1925-January
4, 1927).
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1926 |
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1927 |
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Gutzon Borglum
began his sculpture 'Shrine of Democracy' on Mount Rushmore
in South Dakota.
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January 4,
William John Bulow, elected governor of South Dakota
(1927-January 6, 1931).
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1928 |
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1929 |
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1930 |
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South Dakota
population, 692,849 residents.
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Campbell County
population in South Dakota, 5,926 residents.
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1931 |
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January 6,
Warren Everett Green, elected governor of South Dakota
(1931-January 3, 1933).
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1932 |
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1933 |
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January 3,
Thomas Berry, elected governor of South Dakota (1933-January
5, 1937).
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1934 |
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1935 |
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1936 |
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1937 |
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January 5,
Leslie Jensen, elected governor of South Dakota (1937-January
3, 1939)
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1938 |
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1939 |
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January 3, Harlan John Bushfield, elected governor of
South Dakota (1939-January 5, 1943).
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YEARS AFTER SOUTH DAKOTA'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
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1839-1939
BEADLE
COUNTY Timeline
8 Topics
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Beadle County organized in 1879,
seat Huron. Area 1,259 sq.mi. (3.261km²). Cities/Towns/Towships/Places
: Altoona, Banner, Barrett, Belle Prairie,
Bonilla, Broadland, Burr Oak, Carlyle, Carpenter, Cavour,
Clifton, Clyde, Danforth, Dearborn, Fairfield, Grant,
Hartland, Hitchcock, Huron, Huron Colony,
Iowa, James Valley, Kellogg, Lake Byron, Liberty, Logan,
Milford, Nance, Pearl Creek, Pleasant View, Sand Creek,
Theresa, Valley, Vayland, Vernon, Virgil, Wessington,
Whiteside, Wolsey, Yale.
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Beadle County
created in South Dakota, seat Huron. Named for Brigadier
General William Henry Harrison Beadle.
- Huron, established by
the Chicago and North Western Railway, on the James River,
seat of Beadle County, South Dakota. Named for the Huron
Native Americans. Coordinates 44°22'N-98°13'W.
- August, Cavour laid out, the first
town in Beadle County, South Dakota.
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Beadle County
organized in South Dakota
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May 10, Huron
town platted in Beadle County, South Dakota.
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July 28, Huron
appointed seat of Beadle County in South Dakota.
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Huron,
incorporated in Beadle County, South Dakota.
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Huron College,
established in Huron in Beadle County, South Dakota.
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1839-1939
BROOKINGS
COUNTY Timeline
12 Topics
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Brookings
County organized in 1892, seat Brookings. Area 794 sq.mi.
(2.056km²). Cities/Townships/Towns/Places
: Afton, Alton,
Argo, Aurora, Bangor, Brookings, Bruce,
Bushnell, Elkton, Lake Campbell, Lake Hendricks, Lake Sinai,
Laketon, Medary, Oak Lake, Oakwood, Oakwood Lake, Oslo,
Parnell, Preston, Roland Colony, Sinai, South Dakota State
University, Sterling, Trenton, Volga, White, Winsor.
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Medary, first
town in Brookings County, and one of the first three
(Flandreau, Sioux Falls) European settlements in South
Dakota
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Medary town
inhabitants driven out by Yankton and Yanktonnia Native
Americans in Brookings County, South Dakota.
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After Medary
town, was almost 11 years abandoned, Norwegion pioneers
arrived and settled in the area in Brookings County,
South Dakota.
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Brookings
County population, 163 residents.
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July 3, Brookings
County formally organized in the cabin of Martin Trygstad
in Medary, South Dakota.
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January 8,
the South Dakota Territorial Legislature relocated
the boundaries of Brookings County.
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Brookings
surveyed, platted and founded, seat of Brookings County
in South Dakota. Named for Judge Wilmot W. Brookings.
Coordinates 44°19'N-96°48'W.
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October 2,
a railroad from Minnesota came to Brookings County in
South Dakota.
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Ocotober 18,
first train arrived in Brookings town, Brookings County,
South Dakota.
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South Dakota
State University established in Brookings, Brookings
County, South Dakota.
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Brookings
incorporated, Brookings County, South Dakota.
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Brookings
County established in South Dakota, seat Brookings.
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1839-1939 CODINGTON
COUNTY Timeline
2 Topics
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Codington
County organized in 1877, seat Watertown. Area 688 sq.mi.
(1.782km²). Cities/Townships/Towns/Places
: Appleby, Dexter, Elmira, Florence, Foley,
Fuller, Germantown, Graceland, Grover, Henry, Kampeska,
Kranzburg, Lake, Pelican, Phipps, Rauville, Sheridan, South
Shore, Wallace, Watertown, Waverly.
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Codington County
established in South Dakota, seat Watertown.
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May
27, Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. born in Wallace, Codington
County, SD. Capitol College, Louisiana State University
and University of Minnesota graduate, pharmacist, federal
administrator, teacher, radio new commentator, Senate
leader, democrat and 38th Vice President of the United
States (1965-1969) under Lyndon B. Johnson. Died on
January 13, 1978 in Waverly, Wright County, Minnesota,
interment in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minnesota, posthumously awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on June 9, 1980.
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1839-1939
MINNEHAHA
COUNTY Timeline
2 Topics
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Minnehaha County organized in 1862,
seat Sioux Falls. Area 809 sq.mi. (2.095km²).
Cities/Townships/Towns/Places :
Baltic, Ben Claire, Benton, Brandon, Buffalo Ridge, Burk,
Colton, Corson, Crooks, Dell Rapids, Edison, Ellis, Garretson,
Grand Meadow, Hartford, Highland, Humboldt, Huntimer,
Logan, Lyons, Mapleton, Palisade, Red Rock, Renner, Rowena,
Sherman, Shindler, Sioux Falls, Split Rock, Sverdrup,
Taopi, Valley Springs, Wall Lake, Wayne, Wellington.
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August 27, pioneer
Wilmot W. Brookings arrived in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, South Dakota and becoming one of the first settlers.
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Minnehaha
County established in South Dakota, seat Sioux Falls.
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SOUTH
DAKOTA
STATISTICS - COUNTY (LAND) AREA
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1.834km²
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