A very interesting article from the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader:
[cryout-pullquote align=”center” textalign=”left” width=”50%”]”On Sept. 30, 1904, the Joe Hooker post of the Grand Army of the Republic dedicated a monument in Sioux Falls consisting of a Civil War soldier statue and a surplus cannon.
“…Many people could recall the statue standing in Lyon Park — there were many pictures of it in people’s personal collections — but nobody knew what happened to the statue. It just seemed to disappear in the mid to late ’60s. It remained a mystery and cause for speculation for decades…”
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