“The Town Pump”
676
1997
Minnehaha
(Note: any text in italics has been taken from the official SDSHS records.)
Marker Text
The town pump was a popular meeting place where children played games, teenagers flirted and adults socialized. Trips often started here for summer swimming and winter ice skating at the nearby Big Sioux River. When municipal water lines reached the West Sioux Falls community in the 1920s, city crews removed the much used pump and filled in and covered the old well.
Dedicated in 1997 by the Minnehaha County & South Dakota State Historical Societies
Location
Minnehaha County, 1301 north Garfield Avenue, Sioux Falls or (Baily St. at Garfield Avenue, West Sioux Falls) (2006)