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1806-1887 Noted Indian orator, born at Lac Qui Parle. After conversion to Christianity, he was President of the Hazelwood Republic. He participated in rescue of Abbie Gardner in 1857 from hostiles on James River (near Redfield). During War of Outbreak in 1862, he with other friendlies saved lives of many white people at exposed points on the Minnesota frontier.
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Fort Sisseton
1864 1889 6 Miles South This fort, built at the Re Ipehan (Head of the Coteaus), was started August 1, 1864 by Major Clowney, 30th...
Fort Wadsworth 1864 Fort Sisseton 1876
Britton, SD
Major John Clowney, 30th Wisconsin Infantry with Cos.
Brown Fur Trade Post
Eden on county road, SD
This post was established by Joseph R. Brown in 1843 or 1844 at a point .
You Are Now Entering Marshall County
The last county organized east of the Missouri, on May 2, 1885; It had been in Cheyenne County 1862; a gigantic Hanson 1870; co-incident...
Frank Farrar: 24th Governor of South Dakota
Frank Leroy Farrar was born in Britton on April 2, 1929, son of third-generation Marshall County homesteaders.
