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Post by Spirit of the Owl Woman on May 17, 2009 20:27:30 GMT -5
Someone asked me about the location of Sioux Point. But, I can't remember who and at the time I did not know it. Today, I found a reference to it at the website: www.acsnet.com/~jkjar/dt_history.htmYankton, Vermillion and Bon Homme were among the early pioneering settlements. The southern part of Union County also had some settlers come in this pre-territorial period. According to one writer, the first settlement of our county may properly be dated from about 1855 when Christopher Malone settled in what is now Big Sioux Township and remained there until the time of his death. Other authors indicate that the first permanent settlement may have been in 1859. The early settlers concentrated in the area around Elk Point and Sioux Point at the junction of the Missouri and Big Sioux Rivers. Hope this helps.
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Post by hermin1 on May 17, 2009 23:10:16 GMT -5
what I am trying to find is a map that shows its location. whatI have been able to find so far,isonly that it was located near where the Big Sioux amd Missouri rivers meet.
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Post by Spirit of the Owl Woman on May 19, 2009 21:34:14 GMT -5
Elk Point is now a city and Sioux Point is called Junction City. Also, you might try to find a map of Lewis and Clark since they visited this area. Hope this helps. If not, I totally understand because I too, looked for historical maps with those two points on them and was unable to find anything on the net. Your next best bet is the largest library in your area, perhaps they can, if they don't have the info, import a map from another library elsewhere.
Good Luck
LJ
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Post by hermin1 on May 20, 2009 0:00:20 GMT -5
thanks much. will check it out.
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