The chronicle=news., 1914-03-06
PLACED BY.
JEFF. DAVIS
IS IS 'F001iNiiOJ 1iiiJ

ioi pSfiou sAtSuusu6 osSt sTsUsai
year. by Dr ". \. G.r,nAiu aud los
Kirby of this city. with the aid Of
other men whO took up their resi-
dsnse here in lh. Early days Of sioux
Falls. an iron post. situated In the
aiiddie Of the road east and sdsuth VI
the village Of itaAenA. east Of Sioux
faiis. hs. b--n idsntified a. = mark
set By Jefferson Davis. later presi-
deai II the southern coaf-i-sasy. to|
d<signsi- the junction paint. Of la
koia. Minnesota shd Iowa,
~ the tim. of placing III. hisiori.
i.,.l in its ps.ssnt i.ss.iiioa J.tf-ssDn
Davis ~as the head of the federal
army IN the northwest and Mas Sta
iios-si al . miiiiAry po.i situated On
the present site of Prairie du chiea.
Wis This "a. several Year, before
the commencement of the civil war,
Davis Mas directed bS tho VAR do
- Il meat To establish the boundaries
Of Wis@oaain. Ninn~snss. io~s an6
nakosa s~ssiloss, Ths tafsi ~ss driS-
-s iaso pnsssloa In 1883 aud has re-
maissA There ever sin.- the Eos~fn-
meat sexer finding u s-c--aAry 4"
.hsasr the boundary. 50 accurate ~as
the work nj The man Who later ~As
81 the head of the movement Ia -s-
| iAbiish . n-~ soaaisy an tho Am-si-
| can soalin-aS.
In his report so the ~Ar depart
meat n.ssnihs the survey 1-ff-f-
.oa isAsi. ~sus- that within . rsitus
al ir" miles st lh- l-uint where h-
.-t the iss.l ~as tho richest snit In
Tho world. The rs--ss.itoa doubtless
looked lii. = Wild oa- si the time.
hut the ss.-ii-n.- at hts judemcas
hs. i,~-a fully proved dafins tho
Year, which have rolled by sinr- he
r. as~a III. ps-di.ssna. Tor tho terri
tory referred In him. ao~ each s~ss
| saas millions af dniisss to the wealth
| Of the asiloa In lh- annual Pfusius'
,,oo al s~. wealth In tho form "t
sses.. et sii tiad.. live sin'k and
other Industries.
Tht. y-sr. mor- than sns other.
has verified the prophecy of J-tfrs.
son tla,i.. for while there ha. ''--n
. Partial crop failure In mas' psoia.'
tive psssa Of the world. the i-fftio',
de>isaai-a b, him ~ i,nss~sssas the
greatest fertility has fully sui'siAa.
tiaisa his ps-ii,iioa by producing q
tremendous .sup. while failure and
.-soission have i'~.n spread over 9th
.r .--tioa. at tho isad.
| John Powers. on- of the earliest
| srtii.rs In the r-sioa near sioux
Fails. .ss,-. That h- r-m-mbcr. sr''.
tus the tupi as far back at 1865. but
never kn~s until the present time
that II ~ss placed there h, =" Ircns-
! ir-nt a man as Jefferson Davis. y"
white man al that time knew any.
ihins concerning the iron po.'. aud
IL IL considered sotn~S hat remark.
able that the Sioux Indians who then
rosn,-,i the pratfi-> Of Dakota. did
not steal " fof tts value A. otb W"ns
Power. ~as holding down -
claim near the present .i'- of th'
town Of .arr-t.on when lac had o'-
rasion to make a trip overland 4"
the vicinity ot s,Licy. Iowa. There
~-f- no roads at tina; time aud he
Travelled by the sun and In due
course ran acroe~ tho I,oei. In later
year. he made numerous. Inquiries
about the I,ost. but no one knew any
thing about II. except that u Was
supposed to mark the point where
the three states Joined.
Dr. Ccrmain had the mystcr, as 20
the Uo.t In his mind for thirty years.
lie commenced years ago I" trace Its
history. Every early settler was
questioned and no possible clcw was
left uninvcstisatcd. Even the Sioux
Indians who In the early days made
their home In this part of the terri
tory were questioned. but they knew
nothing as tn when or by whom tho
post i,ad been placed In Its present
location. Joc Kirby. who In u Sioux
Fails attorney. later appeared ON the
sccnc. and his pcnchant for invcsii-
eating historical objects set him Ia
work on the mystery Of the post.
Recently tho attention Of Doctor
Gcrmain and Mr.. Kirby was directed
to the old and musty record In the
war department at washin ngton. and
after an exhaustive search the origin
OF the post was discovered from the
records male by jefferson Davis to
the war department at the national
capital. the old reports yet being IN
u good state Of preservation. Thus
the mystery OF more than half .
c,ntury vna sDlxptI