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The following is a timeline of the
history of the city of
Sioux Falls,
South Dakota, USA.
19th century
- 1856 - Western Town Company develops townsite.
[1]
- 1857 - Dakota Land Company develops townsite.
[2]
- 1859 - Democrat newspaper begins publication.
[3]
- 1867 - Permanent settlement established.
- 1868 - Sioux Falls becomes capital of
Minnehaha County,
Dakota Territory.
- 1871 - Cataract House hotel in business.
- 1872
- Sioux Falls Pantagraph newspaper begins publication.
[3]
- Calvary Church built.
- 1873
- Sioux Falls Independent newspaper begins publication.
[3]
- Population: 593.
[2]
- 1874 - Bank for Savings opens.
- 1877
- Village incorporated.
- March: C.K. Howard elected president of village board of trustees.
- 1878 - Sioux Falls Times newspaper begins publication.
[3]
- 1879
- Irving School, Free Methodist Church, and Congregational Church built.
- Ladies Club library organized.
- 1880 -
Dakota Territorial School for Deaf Mutes established.
- 1881
- 1882
- Telephone
begins operating.
- First Baptist Church built.
- 1883
- City chartered.
- April 3: Jacob Schaetzel elected mayor.
-
Sioux Falls College founded.
- Sioux Falls Daily Press newspaper begins publication.
- 1884 -
Swedish Baptist Church built.
- 1885 - Norberg Paints founded, still operating as the oldest family owned business in the state of South Dakota.
- 1885 - Dakota Deutsche Zeitung German-language newspaper begins publication.
- 1886 - Sioux Falls Bank established.
- 1887
-
Streetcars begin operating.
- Dakota Bell begins publication.
- 1889
- 1890
- Minnehaha County Courthouse built.
- Porter P. Peck becomes mayor.
- Population: 10,177.
- 1891
- Jordan Methodist Church dedicated.
- Syd Dakota Ekko Norwegian-language newspaper relocates to Sioux Falls.
- 1894 - Fremad Norwegian/English-language newspaper begins publication.
[3]
- 1895 -
Federal Building and United States Courthouse (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) constructed.
- 1897 - Scandinavian Methodist Episcopal Church organized.
- 1900
- Manchester Biscuit Company in business.
[8]
-
Western Surety Company created by
Joe Kirby.
- Cataract Hotel Burns down, leading to Sioux Falls Volunteer Fire Dept. becoming a paid department.
- Population: 10,266.
20th century
21st century
See also
References
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^ Frank Leslie Ransom (1917),
The Sunshine State: a History of South Dakota, Mitchell, S. D: Educator School Supply Co.
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"History of Sioux Falls". City of Sioux Falls. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
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"US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
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^ Doane Robinson (1904), History of South Dakota, B. F. Bowen,
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"Siouxland Libraries". City of Sioux Falls. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
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"Minnehaha Country Club". Retrieved March 31, 2013.
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^ "South Dakota Central Sold".
Commercial West. Minneapolis. June 17, 1916.
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"South Dakota Historic Theatres". Maryland, USA:
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^ American Association for State and Local History (2002).
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ISBN
0759100020.
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"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from
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"Sister Cities Association of Sioux Falls". Retrieved December 30, 2014.
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"City of Sioux Falls". Archived from
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"Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000". Sioux Falls City, South Dakota QuickLinks. State & County QuickFacts. US Census Bureau.
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"Mayor: Biography". City of Sioux Falls. Archived from
the original on October 17, 2011.
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"Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC:
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"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010". Sioux Falls City, South Dakota QuickLinks. State & County QuickFacts. US Census Bureau.
Bibliography
- Dana Reed Bailey (1899),
"City of Sioux Falls", History of Minnehaha County, South Dakota, Sioux Falls: Brown & Saenger, printers
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"Sioux Falls" .
Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 150.
- "Sioux Falls".
Automobile Blue Book. New York: Automobile Blue Book Publishing Co. 1921.
hdl:
2027/mdp.39015069273939.
- "Sioux Falls". South Dakota State Gazetteer and Business Directory.
R.L. Polk & Co. 1921.
hdl:
2027/umn.31951d00640540t – via HathiTrust.
- Federal Writers' Project (1938).
"Sioux Falls". South Dakota Guide.
American Guide Series. Pierre, S.D., State publishing company.
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David J. Wishart, ed. (2004).
"Cities and Towns: Sioux Falls, South Dakota". Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press.
ISBN
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James Fallows and Deborah Fallows, ed. (5 April 2017),
"City Makers: American Futures",
The Atlantic (
series of articles about Sioux Falls), 2014-
External links