“Southeast South Dakota Experiment Farm”
(Note: any text in italics has been taken from the official SDSHS records.)
Marker Text
In Memory of Gustavus Norgren
Dedicated to the Early Pioneers of South Dakota
The Southeast South Dakota Experiment Farm was organized on April 5th 1956, for the purpose of conducting a research demonstration farm in Southeast South Dakota. It was through the efforts of the Norgren family, farmers, and other interested people in Lincoln, Turner, Union, Clay, Yankton, Bon Homme, Hutchinson, Minnehaha, Charles Mix and adjacent counties that the needed money was raised and the farm purchased. The Farm is operated by the South Dakota State College Experiment Station in co-operation with the Directors of the Southeast South Dakota Experiment Farm.
Location
Clay County, 19 / 3 mi E on county road, 1/4 mile North (1988)