If you like Local Lou check out

The Sioux Empire Podcast 

It's Christmas time in Sioux Falls, come and join Local Lou as we talk about some pretty Christmas sights to see downtown as well as 2 historical markers!  One is so very outside of my wheelhouse but tune in to hear me pronounce things wrong. 

Follow Local Lou (@localloupodcast) • Instagram photos and videos

or send an email to [email protected] 

Some links from the episode

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179282787/burre-hanson-lien

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52052044/jonas-h.-lien

https://www.sdhspress.com/journal/south-dakota-history-4-3/the-fighting-firsts-the-first-south-dakota-and-nebraska-volunteers-in-the-philippines-1898-1899/vol-04-no-3-the-fighting-firsts.pdf

http://www.onlinebiographies.info/ca/impe/lien-bh.htm

https://books.google.com/books?id=zw0wAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA602&lpg=PA602&dq=Jonas+H.+Lien+1874+-+1899&source=bl&ots=A_aDOY_70O&sig=ACfU3U1HeJ334y8uP9Sh0E4l9jlGYa5ILQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjd-tLG9OTtAhWWLs0KHZ6BAu0Q6AEwEHoECBAQAg#v=onepage&q=Jonas%20H.%20Lien%201874%20-%201899&f=false

Sioux Falls Washington High School Historical Committee - History of WHS (whshc.org)

Introduction - The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War (Hispanic Division, Library of Congress) (loc.gov)

The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, March 31, 1899, Image 6 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)

Roster of the 1st South dakota (spanamwar.com)

https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/15000566.pdf