A brand new historical marker off of Phillips Ave in Downtown Sioux Falls, lets read it and explore some of the history!

Historical Marker Barracks of Fort Dakota 

1865-1873

Near this site in a southwesterly direction stood the Barracks of Fort Dakota. Soldiers of Company E 6th Iowa Cavalry under Captain Daniel Eicher built the Enlisted men's Barracks in the summer of 1865. Made of white oak logs the 140x20' building was divided into 5 rooms with a central stove. Bunks were made of pole cut from local trees and were often infested with bed bugs. Kerosene was rubbed on the bunks to exterminate the bed bugs. Two men slept on one bunk, using hay filled bed sacks as mattresses. The Garrison left in 1869 and the post was abandoned. The Barracks was converted and used by newcomers to Sioux Falls such as Byrum Phillips and RF Pettigrew as temporary housing. The Barracks was razed in 1873. 

In 1984 a bronze tablet was placed on the front of the Hollywood Theater by Mary Chilton Chapter of the NSDAR until 1990 moved to the commerce building and disappeared in a remodel. 

Historical Marker Barracks of Fort Dakota 1865-1873 located off Phillips Ave near 8th street in Sioux Falls SD.

https://www.google.com/books/edition/We_Did_What/RBjHEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=kerosene+oil+for+bed+bugs+1800s&pg=PA35&printsec=frontcover

https://www.colonialpest.com/2016/10/12/used-kill-bed-bugs-back-day/

https://www.epa.gov/bedbugs/do-it-yourself-bed-bug-control

https://www.sdpb.org/rural-life-and-history/history-of-fort-dakota-near-present-day-sioux-falls

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22680693/daniel-f-eicher

https://www.greetingsfromsiouxfalls.com/hollywood

https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/7464

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Forgotten_Sioux_Falls/c8jtYvmkU9kC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=hollywood+theater+sioux+falls&pg=PA22&printsec=frontcover

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Spitznagel