“Father Alexandra Ravoux”

570
n/a
Brown

(Note: any text in italics has been taken from the official SDSHS records.)

Marker Text

In 1845 near this spot in a Cuthead Indian village Father Alexandra Ravoux celebrated the first mass of record in South Dakota.

Sponsors Catholic Order of Foresters Court 1389 Aberdeen.

Location

Brown County, North of Columbia at Sand Lake National Wild Life Refuge Trail Take trail to west sits in clearing (2006)

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