Southeast South Dakota Experiment Farm
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In Memory of Gustavus Norgren Dedicated to the Early Pioneers of South Dakota The Southeast South Dakota Experiment Farm was organized on April 5th 1956, for the purpose of conducting a research demonstration farm in Southeast South Dakota. It was through the efforts of the Norgren family, farmers, and other interested people in Lincoln, Turner, Union, Clay, Yankton, Bon Homme, Hutchinson, Minnehaha, Charles Mix and adjacent counties that the needed money was raised and the farm purchased.
The Farm is operated by the South Dakota State College Experiment Station in co-operation with the Directors of the Southeast South Dakota Experiment Farm.
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More markers in Clay
State University of South Dakota
USD campus, SD
The first territorial legislature of Dakota, on April 21, 1862, located at the University of Dakota at Vermillion.
(#447) Spirit Mound
Vermillion, SD
¼ mile This hill was visited by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and seven other members of the famous expedition on August 25, 1804,...
Fort Vermillion
RR track, SD
On May 8, 1833, the American Fur Co. steamer Yellowstone stopped on the river bank to the south and put Francois LeRoi ashore to set up a...
Vermillion
Vermillion, SD
August 24, 1804, Lewis & Clark camped near the White Stone (Vermillion) River and the next day visited Spirit Mound 8 miles north.
Meckling & Lincoln
Named for a grading contractor on the Dakota Southern Railway, built in 1872.