Front:
Old Church, I.O.O.F.
Hall and Library
FORT RANDALL
was established by Brig. Gen. W. S. Harney in
1856 and named by him for Col. Daniel Randall.
Deputy Paymaster U.S. Army. Construction was
started on June 26. 1856 by Ist Lts. George H.
Paige, 2nd Inf. and D.S. Stanley, Ist Cavalry, Col.
E.Lee 2nd U.S. Inf. was its first permanent
commander.
In 1875, soldiers of the Post. members of
the I.O.O.F. lodge. wanting a lodge room, combined this idea with a Church
and Library, designed by George Bush, the post carpenter, a discharged
soldier and they built this structure from hand sawn chaulkstone from
nearby quarries, aided in the quarrying and transportation only by the
U. S. Government. Otherwise it was entirely a private venture.
You are standing in front of the church. From the north the structure
looked like the sketch above with the lodge hall in the center. The fort
finally was abandoned in 1892 and this ruin is its outstanding vestige.
Two devastating wind storms and a bolt of lightning wrecked the roof and
rain and frost finished the work. Detailed drawings by co-operation of the
Corps of Engineers and the National Park Service were made in 1947 and
filed in the Library of Congress. The ruins were stabilized by the Engineers
in 1953. The orientation table adjacent shows the layout of the post and
a walk over the parade grounds will show its outlines.
THIS MARKER WAS ERECTED IN 1953 BY THE
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
HISTORIC FORT RANDALL CHAPEL-PICKSTOWN, SO.DAK.
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Weather is
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you soon.
Bobby
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