Local Lou

By Local Lou

A South Dakota local that would like to let you know a little about the history of the Sioux Falls (and surrounding) area by going around and reading historical markers I find, then looking into them ... more

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The podcast currently has 69 episodes available.

Local Lou episodes:

May 30, 2024 The Queen Bee Mill
In this episode we will delve into the historical significance and a brief overview of the Queen Bee Mill at Falls Park in Sioux Falls. We will start with the historical marker that stands guard by the ruins of the mill, eager to share its history to the visitors of Falls Park.

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Commercial West - Google Books
City of Hustle - Google Books
The Queen Bee Mill (sdpb.org)
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20min
May 23, 2024 Historical Marker Tour
Come along for a tour of historical markers in Downtown Sioux Falls! Our main focus will be on railroad history, and we are going to find a bunch of historical markers that talk about the importance of the railroads as we explore. This was originally a one night only bus tour for the Minnehaha County Historical Society History Talk held at Start Up Sioux Falls May 16th 2024.
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23min
May 16, 2024 History Talk May 16th
Thursday May 16th come explore some fun history!
Bus Tour with me
6pm
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History Talk with Dan Bilka
630
715
Free will offering to the MCHS.
You can enter the Market Beat Theater on the East side of the building (100E 6th Street DTSF) with ramp access near 6th Street
Only 30 tickets per tour time available. First come first served.
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4min
May 04, 2024 The Phillips House
This is the story of a historical marker that found a forever home at Terrace Park in Sioux Falls, only to disappear!
Local Lou Podcast - The Phillips House
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24min
March 28, 2024 Josiah Phillips and Hattie C Phillips
Dr. Josiah Phillips brought his wife Hattie to abandoned Fort Dakota in 1870, where they would live in the officers quarters until moving into their first home in 1873 near 11th and Phillips Ave. In this episode explore more about the lives of the namesakes of the busiest street in Downtown Sioux Falls.
Star Tribune Minneapolis 10/11/1885
Argus Leader 1/7/1934
Argus Leader 5/1/1983 Hattie’s Plaque
Argus Leader 6/28/2006 Churches Shaped the City
Argus Leader 6/20/1956
Argus Leader 6/13/1934 Hattie Obituary “mother” quote
Argus Leader 7/9/2005 Bruce Blake talks about Josiah
History of South Dakota - Google Books
Theta of Delta Kappa Epsilon : the story of sixty years, 1844-1904 : being a historical sketch of the chapter of [Delta] [Kappa] [Epsilon] Fraternity at Bowdoin College and brief biographies of its members from its establishment to date : Minot, John Clair, 1872- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Josiah Phillips Historical Marker (hmdb.org)
The Parents of Sioux Falls (southdakotamagazine.com)
MAJ Josiah Lock Phillips (1835-1882) - Find a Grave Memorial
Dr. Josiah L. and Hattie Phillips - Issuu
History of Minnehaha County, South Dakota - Google Books
Doane Robinson's Encyclopedia of South Dakota - Google Books
The New England Magazine - Google Books
History of Dakota Territory - Google Books
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25min
March 19, 2024 Seacoast Gun Lyon Park
Sleepy Hallow had the headless horseman and Sioux Falls has a beheaded Union Civil War Soldier.... Statue. We are starting with the historical marker Seacoast Gun, but then we are hopping to the history of the location itself. There is not a historical marker for Lyon Park but there are some great plaques that talk about the park and its history and the little mystery of that statue.
South Dakota State Historical Society (sd.gov)South Dakota 2024 History Conference Registration (sdhsf.org)
Joseph Hooker - Civil War, General & Legacy | HISTORY
W.L. Dow - Google Books
History of Minnehaha County, South Dakota - Google Books
Seacoast Gun Historical Marker (hmdb.org)
Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) | Britannica
The Lyon Family Home / William & Winona Lyon Historical Marker (hmdb.org)
Argus Leader 2/6/1949 Winnona Lyon Obituary
Argus Leader 9/27/1930 William Lyon Obituary
Argus Leader 2/20/2000 Cannon Donation Revisited, some guesses are made about the date statue came to SF SD
Argus Leader 11/24/1942 Scrapping the Cannon?
Argus Leader 11/7/1933 moving the statue.

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29min
March 13, 2024 Sioux Falls Holiday History St. Patrick's Day Parade
The unlikely origins of Sioux Falls annual St. Patrick's Day Parade.

Argus Leader 2/23/1981
Argus Leader 3/4/1980
Argus Leader 3/13/1922
Sylvia Henkin Obituary (1921 - 2018) - Sioux Falls, SD - Argus Leader (legacy.com)
Sioux Falls - Google Books
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7min
March 01, 2024 Municipal Airport
The Sioux Falls Regional Airport, was established in 1939 with a Works Progress Administration grant of $165,000. Soon three runways were constructed, along with a terminal building, and a hangar. There was an unsuccessful movement to name the airport "Tennant Field" in memory of World War 1 veteran pilot and early Sioux Falls aviator Harold Tennant.

South Dakota State Historical Society (sd.gov)
WPA
Works Progress Administration: WPA & New Deal - HISTORY
Civilian Conservation Corps (history.com)
Stone Piers - Lake View (lakeviewlifestyle.com)
Inflation Calculator | Find US Dollar's Value From 1913-2024 (usinflationcalculator.com)
How did Adolf Hitler rise to power? | Britannica
Mayor Graff
Adolph Nelson Graff (1874-1949) - Find a Grave Memorial
South Dakota Legislative Manual - Google Books
South Dakota Legislative Manual Volume 19 Page 293 Published in 1925
Aviation 1936-02: Vol 35 Iss 2 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Argus Leader April 4th, 1949, Graff Obituary
Argus Leader April 5th,6th, and 7th 1949
Harold Tennant
Harold W. Tennant (1896-1928) - Find a Grave Memorial
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Argus Leader August 8th, 1921 Tennant storing plane in garage
Argus Leader May 6th, 1925 Tennant Altitude record attempt
Argus Leader May 7th, 1925 Tennant Altitude record success
Our History | Sioux Falls Regional Airport (sfairport.com)
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32min
February 08, 2024 Ben Clare Dakota Territory
Small towns are where everyone knows each others business but happens when bad blood turns into a cold blooded murder?

Platted by Benjamin Richards in 1888 naming the townsite after his sons Benjamin and Clarence the small town of Ben Clare was meant to be a spot where farmers could get supplies and ship crops on the railroad without going all the way to Sioux Falls. The townsite however gets sold to Frank Bowen and it's all downhill from there.

Beware this episode contains newspaper accounts of a murder.

Links to some of the research, please note newspaper articles that are referenced in the episode can be found LocalLouPodcast.com or you can search for them on Newspapers.com
Wayne’s article A TOWN NAMED BEN CLARE - Issuu
The church Ben Clare United Methodist Church - Valley Springs, SD - Find-A-Church (umc.org)
Ben Clare on Map Minnehaha County Map - East, Atlas: Minnehaha County 1917, South Dakota Historical Map (historicmapworks.com)
Historical Marker Ben Clare Historical Marker (hmdb.org)
Frank Bowen Graesite Frank J Bowen (1863-1903) - Find a Grave Memorial
American Negligence Reports Curent Series 1912 American Negligence Reports, Current Series ... - Google Books
Railway Conductor Monthly 1905 Railway Conductors' Monthly - Google Books
https://history.sd.gov/museum/docs/Immigrants.pdf
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32min
January 25, 2024 Soo Skyways Airport
An almost forgotten airport in the midst of what is now one of the busiest areas in Sioux Falls. This historical marker is hidden in plain sight on Kiwanis Ave near 46th street and tells us about the 21 year long run of Soo Skyways Airport.
Let's take off and learn some of Sioux Falls early aviation history!
For more information check out https://www.localloupodcast.com/episodes-of-local-lou/soo-skyways-airport

These Historic Photos Have Some Truly Odd Stories Behind Them | (historycollection.com)
Magnificent Flyers | Fillmore Historical (fillmorehistoricalmuseum.org)
VA-Vol-12-No-11-Nov-1984.pdf (eaavintage.org)
Frederick Melvin “Fearless Freddie” Lund (1897-1931) - Find a Grave Memorial
Our History | Sioux Falls Regional Airport (sfairport.com)
Harold W. Tennant (1896-1928) - Find a Grave Memorial
The Golden Age of Air Racing: 1927-1933 - Google Books
Flying Magazine - Google Books
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33min

FAQs about Local Lou:

How many episodes does Local Lou have?

The podcast currently has 69 episodes available.