Front:
ELEVATION
1244 FT
CANTON
COUNTY SEAT OF LINCOLN Co.
SETTLED IN 1867. OWES ITS NAME TO THE BELIEF
OF EARLY SETTLERS THAT THE TOWN WAS LOCATED
DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE TO CANTON. CHINA.
HOME OF THE ANNUAL STATE SKI TOURNAMENT
SPONSORED BY THE SIOUX VALLEY SKI CLUB.
POPULATION
3 NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS HAVE BEEN HELD HERE
0.E. ROLVAAG, AUTHOR OF GIANTS IN THE EARTH
ATTENDED AUGUSTANA ACADEMY HERE 1898-1901
THE BIRTHPLACE OF ERNEST ORLANDO LAWRENCE
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS 1939.
COURTHOUSE SQUARE P. L. ANDERSON, WRITTEN HERE
THIS IS A PRODUCTIVE FARMING COMMUNITY
AND AN EXTENSIVE SCANDINAVIAN SETTLEMENT
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LINCOLN COUNTY
COURT HOUSE
CANTON, SO. DAK.
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED-THE L. L. COOK CO., MILWAUKEE
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