Lake
Badus – Pioneer Swiss Colony
Madison on US, SD
1/2 Mile West – ¼ Mile South “In 1877 a group of Swiss chose a point on the shore of Lake Badus for a colony.
C.B. Kennedy
Founder of Madison and Dakota State College Charles B. Kennedy arrived at this location in March 1878.
Lake Herman Historic Points
1 to 2 Miles South Lake Herman was the original stopping point on the Indian Trail that led from the pipestone quarries in Minnesota to...
Lake Herman State Park
Lake Herman was one of the chain of Lakes known to the early traders and trappers as ‘skunk lakes,’ was named by Herman N. Luce, who took...
Lake/Miner Border
You Are About To Enter LAKE COUNTY so named because of its beautiful lakes.
Memorial Creek Walls (1937-1939)
These stone creek walls are just a small part of the longest improvement project built in Madison during the Great Depression.
Old Madison – First County Seat
Junction of, SD
3/4 Mile East Lake County was started October, 1873 when Herman N. Luce and John T. Hare, the first qualified County Commissioners, met...
Wm. H.H. Beadle
Brigadier General Wm.