Cities across the country. Next, a look at our recent visit to sioux falls, south dakota. You are watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. Man has lived on the site of what sioux falls is off and on for thousands of years. Most recently in the 1850s, two rival town companies, one from dubuque, iowa, and one from st. Paul, minnesota, both set their sights on the sioux river falls is a town site and interestingly, both companies arrived within a few weeks of each other. There was speculation. They claimed land. They plotted off into lots and stuff and waited for settlers headed west to come and buy lots in this new town that didnt quite exist yet. That started in 1857, and really in the 1850s, they got along well with the indians who happened by here on their way to other places. And by 1860, there were 42 People Living in sioux falls. In the summer of 1862, there was some conflict with the sioux indians. What was called the sioux uprising by some started in a
Politically motivated murder and the putin regime. On saturday and sunday we will be live at the southern festival of books in nashville featuring jonathan eyed, history professor nancy mclean, radio talkshow host eric erickson, and many other authors. For the next hour we will focus on the Literary Community beginning with nancy rice that goebel on the Important Role south dakota plays in american history. We are in the research and Publishing Office of the south Coast Historical Society and also the headquarters of the south dakota Historical Society press. Back in the day in 1997 when i started this press , i felt that it was a niche we could fill in south dakota. Nobody was doing our history seriously get certainly no money, thats not fair but there was not a concerted effort to publishing for the state of south dakotain a meaningful way. To do it right, you have to have some experience and we have garnered that experience through doing the journal which is essentially 100 page boo
Thousands of years. In the 1850s, two rival town companies, one from dubuque, iowa and one from st. Paul, minnesota, both set their sights on the falls as a townsite. Interestingly, both companies had parties who arrived here within a few weeks of each other. Established a townsite, it was really speculation, land. Lotsplatted it out into and waited for settlers headed west to buy lots in the town that did not quite exist yet. 1857, and really in the 1850s they got along well with the indians who happened by here on their way to other places. There were 42 People Living in sioux falls. In the summer of 1862, there was some conflict with the sioux indians and what was called the startedrising by some in august of 1862. And the territorial governor ordered that the Big Sioux River valley be evacuated. 27th of august, 1860 two, all the people who lived here were evacuated and abandoned the site of the falls. The site of sioux falls remained abandoned until may of 1865 when the u. S. Army
Companies, one from dubuque, iowa, and one from minnesota both set their sights on the sioux river falls is a town site and interestingly, both arrived within a few weeks of each other. There was speculation. They claimed land. Plotted off into lots and stuff and waited for settlers headed west to, and by lots in the town. 1857, and really in the 1850s, they got along well with the indians who happened by their on the way to places. And by 1860, there were 42 People Living in sioux falls. In the summer of 1862, there was some conflict with the sioux indians and what was called the sioux uprising by some started in august of 1862. And the territorial governor ordered that the Big Sioux River valley be evacuated. And about the 27th of august, 1862, all the people who lived here were evacuated and abandoned the site of the falls. The site of sioux falls remained abandoned until may of 1865 when the u. S. Army located a fort here on the site of the falls. The fort at sioux falls was called
Two rival companies, one from dubuque, iowa, and one from st. Paul, minnesota, both set their sights on the sioux river falls is a town site and interestingly, both companies arrived within a few weeks of each other. There was speculation. They claimed land. They plotted off into lots and stuff and waited for settlers headed west to, and by lots in the town. That started in 1857, and really in the 1850s, they got along well with the indians who happened by here on their way to other places. And by 1860, there were 42 People Living in sioux falls. In the summer of 1862, there was some conflict with the sioux indians. What was called the sioux uprising by some started in august of 1862. And the territorial governor ordered that the Big Sioux River valley be evacuated. And about the 27th of august, 1862, all the people who lived here were evacuated and abandoned the site of the falls. The site of sioux falls remained abandoned until may of 1865 when the u. S. Army located a fort here on t