“Steamboat Reach”
280
1960
Hughes
(Note: any text in italics has been taken from the official SDSHS records.)
Marker Text
From Ft. George Island to the Ft. Pierre levee was 16 miles of straight river known as ‘steamboat reach.' Here, after wooding up, was an ideal place for a boat race with exhaust valves tied town they raced from Antelope Creek to the levee to the delight and shouting of the pioneer bull-whackers.
Location
Hughes County, on Farm Island