Sleepy Hallow had the headless horseman and Sioux Falls has a beheaded Union Civil War Soldier.... Statue. We are starting with the historical marker Seacoast Gun, but then we are hopping to the history of the location itself. There is not a historical marker for Lyon Park but there are some great plaques that talk about the park and its history and the little mystery of that statue.
South Dakota State Historical Society (sd.gov)South Dakota 2024 History Conference Registration (sdhsf.org)
Joseph Hooker - Civil War, General & Legacy | HISTORY
History of Minnehaha County, South Dakota - Google Books
Seacoast Gun Historical Marker (hmdb.org)
Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) | Britannica
The Lyon Family Home / William & Winona Lyon Historical Marker (hmdb.org)
Argus Leader 2/6/1949 Winnona Lyon Obituary
Argus Leader 9/27/1930 William Lyon Obituary
Argus Leader 2/20/2000 Cannon Donation Revisited, some guesses are made about the date statue came to SF SD
Argus Leader 11/24/1942 Scrapping the Cannon?
Argus Leader 11/7/1933 moving the statue.
