Follow along with me as I visit 3 historical markers tic tac toe all in a row along the highway outside of Canton South Dakota.  A school that couldn't sit still, an insane asylum with sane people in it, and a ski hill that no longer stands.

Hiawatha Indian Asylum Links

https://www.sdpb.org/blogs/arts-and-culture/keepers-of-the-canton-indian-asylum-share-history/ 

A list identifying the names of those in the mass burial site

https://www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/Hiawatha%20Insane%20Asylum.htm 

Book on the topic https://www.amazon.com/Vanished-Hiawatha-Canton-Asylum-Indians/dp/080328098X 

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5058 

John Collier info http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5059 

https://pages.vassar.edu/theirsorours/2017/04/04/the-hiawatha-canton-asylum-for-insane-indians-and-repatriation-of-collected-people-and-culture/ 

https://sddigitalarchives.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/photos/id/75416 

https://sddigitalarchives.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/photos/id/73825 

https://scholar.dsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1312&context=theses 

https://honoringthedead.omeka.net/items/show/23 Dr silks 100 page report 

http://sdgenweb.com/lincoln/hiawatha.htm 

Dr silks wedding announcment because that relevant https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1937-02-21/ed-1/seq-52/ 

https://www.augiemirror.com/cws-exhibit-unearths-forgotten-sd-history/ 

Dr hummers grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65860723/harry-reid-hummer 

 

Ski Hill links 

https://www.sdpb.org/blogs/images-of-the-past/the-canton-ski-hill-1912-1944/ 

https://www.keloland.com/news/the-canton-ski-hill/ 

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/sioux-valley-ski-club-canton-s-d-125-diameter-pin 

https://bismarcktribune.com/news/columnists/curt-eriksmoen/ski-jumper-competed-in-two-olympics/article_3ab9d432-9b2f-11e3-935d-0019bb2963f4.html 

https://www.britannica.com/event/Lake-Placid-1932-Olympic-Winter-Games 

https://bismarcktribune.com/news/columnists/curt-eriksmoen/ski-jumper-competed-in-two-olympics/article_3ab9d432-9b2f-11e3-935d-0019bb2963f4.html 

https://hostfest.com/sahf/sahf-inductees/casper-oimoen/