“Pacquette Ferry”
396
1965
Union
(Note: any text in italics has been taken from the official SDSHS records.)
Marker Text
First Ferry in Dakota
On December 18, 1855, Capt. P.T. Turnley issued a license to Paul Pacquette to run a ferry on the Big Sioux River which was to be the starting point for a military road to Ft. Randall. It was
soon thereafter marked and creek crossings established and served Dakota Territory until the Dakota Southern Railway was built to Yankton in 1872.
Location
Union County, US 77 - just north of Sioux City & west of river