“Meckling & Lincoln”
414
1966
Clay
(Note: any text in italics has been taken from the official SDSHS records.)
Marker Text
Named for a grading contractor on the Dakota Southern Railway, built in 1872. George W. Gilbert became the first postmaster on 29 April 1873. Prior to that Lincoln Post Office, Charles
M. Taylor, Postmaster, 27 July 1864 was nearby to the south. In 1869, it was a mile southwest and in 1889, four miles south. Hans S. Myron was the Lincoln Postmaster from 1873 to 1893.”
Location
Clay County, SD 50 at Meckling