Railroads -- South Dakota

Scope and Contents The James Abdnor Collection consists of four accessions of records documenting Abdnor's political career. The Congressional Records accessions are the largest, and contain correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, sound and video recordings, legislative bill files, campaign research, and other records documenting Abdnor's time in the U.S. House and Senate, and as the Administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration. The Huron Field Office Files accession consists of...

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This series consists of one volume containing Beadle County plat maps from 1915. Plats include land ownership information, and the location of railroad lines.

Scope and Contents From the Record Group: This record group contains records created and/or maintained by the South Dakota Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and includes meeting minutes, correspondence, bank licensing and closing files, consumer complaint files, discrimination complaint case files, professional and occupational licensing board and commission records, securities broker licensing and investigation files, Public Utilities Commission dockets and hearing records, and reports received from various railroad...

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Railplan for South Dakota, April 1986.

Scope and Contents This series contains railroad station and line maps from the Sioux City and Dakota Division, Iowa and Dakota Division, Southern Minnesota Division, and Hastings and Dakota /Aberdeen Division. Most of these materials pertain to stations located in or railroads that travel through South Dakota and are dated from 1907 to 1957, or undated. This series also contains a small collection of Belle Fourche project files including two United States Geographical Survey topographical and irrigation maps,...

Scope and Contents From the Record Group: This record group contains records created and maintained by the South Dakota Department of Transportation and includes highway and bridge construction plans, photographs, and films; aerial photographs; bridge inspection reports; engineers' correspondence; project feasibility studies; railroad deeds, maps, appraisal records, and construction and maintenance files; railroad abandonment hearing files; state rail plan records and publications; Milwaukee Road bankruptcy and reorganization files;...

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This volume consists of a delinquent tax list of taxes owed or paid to Minnehaha County from 1871 to 1882. A typical entry consists of an individual’s name whose taxes are being assessed and the taxes due for each year. This appears to ignore the categories, such as territorial tax or school tax established by the ledger. Non-delinquent taxes have the word ‘paid’ over the tax amount.

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This series contains an historical review of the abandoned railroad right of way of the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad in Sioux Falls prepared by Sheri Watke. Also included are eight 8x10 black and white photos and negatives documenting the abandoned line.

These records were created to comply with a memorandum of agreement with the State Historic Preservation Office to mitigate adverse effects to the line.

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This series contains radio tower, community building sites, sewage, dams, pumping stations, cemetery sites, church sites, drainage ditches, power lines, telephone lines, pipe lines, and railway right-of-way easement records.