I had no idea that on December 15, 1890, Sioux chief Sitting Bull was killed by Indian police at the Standing Rock reservation in South Dakota. Indian police went to arrest him at his cabin on the Grand River. There was a gunfight. Besides Sitting Bull, twelve other Indians were killed and three more wounded. [...]
Archive for the ‘Dakota Territory’ Category
Immanuel Lutheran Church and Cemetery
Posted: July 16, 2011 in Dakota Territory, FROMKE, LENTZ, North DakotaThrough the years I’ve asked my mother about the religion of her father’s family. They were German Lutherans. It gets a bit complicated because of theological and doctrinal questions which have led to church splits. I still haven’t sorted it out in my mind. But yesterday, discovering that my great-great aunt and uncle were members [...]
A Bird’s Eye View of Watertown, Dakota Territory
Posted: February 13, 2011 in Dakota Territory, South Dakota, United StatesThis aerial perspective of Watertown, South Dakota is dated 1883. AJH
