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The Austin–Whittemore House, sometimes referred to as the Austin–Whittemore Museum, is a historic building in Vermillion, South Dakota. Originally a private residence built in 1884, it is now a historic house museum and the headquarters of the Clay County Historical Society. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [1]
Tripp County Historical Society Museum: Winner: Tripp: Southeast: Local history [64] [65] Union County Museum: Elk Point: Union: Southeast: Local history: Operated by the Union County Historical Society [66] University of South Dakota Art Galleries: Vermillion: Clay: Southeast: Art: John A. Day Gallery, Gallery 110, Oscar Howe Gallery ...
According to the South Dakota State Historical Society's Archaeological Research Center, over 26,000 archaeological sites have been recorded in the U.S. state of South Dakota. [1] This list is broken down by county and encompasses sites across all of what is now South Dakota. Only notable sites are listed.
This is a list of properties and historic districts in the U.S. state of South Dakota that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The state's more than 1,300 listings are distributed across all of its 66 counties.
In 1997, the Society organized the South Dakota Historical Society Press as a collaboration of its Publications and Research Department and the South Dakota Historical Society Foundation. Members of the Society had first published beginning in 1870. The Society published member serials in 1936-1938 and 1947-1970, The modern South Dakota History ...
The Museum of the South Dakota State Historical Society was founded in 1901. The collection has grown to over 30,000 artifacts. [ 1 ] The State Archives was created by the State Legislature in 1975, but the origins of the archives collections date back to the creation of the State Historical Society in 1891.
The State Historical Society of North Dakota protects a portion of the battlefield as Whitestone Hill State Historic Site. The site includes a small museum about the battle, two monuments, one honoring the Indian dead and a second commemorating the soldiers who died in the battle, and a picnic area. The site is open seasonally.
An 870-acre (350 ha) area was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1965. [3] Along with all other National Historic Landmarks, it was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places when that program was inaugurated in 1966, listed as "Wounded Knee Battlefield". [2] A museum at the site interprets the massacre. [3]