Sioux Falls Walking Tour
Name______
1. Thomas L. Fawick, at age______, built a rudimentary two-cylinder auto called the silent Sioux.
2. Fawick became a multi-millionaire and was granted over ______patents for individual clutches and transmissions, violins, sound systems, and golf club grips.
3. In the year______, Fawick gave the reproduction of the statue of Davide to Augustana College and the city of Sioux Falls.
4. Sioux Falls put in the kerosene lanterns in the year ______.
5. In 1906, Sioux Falls switched kerosene lanterns to ______lights.
6. The Illinois Central Railroad was the ______railroad company to extend its service to Sioux Falls.
7. The train depot started carrying______in 1887.
8. Sioux Falls was initially settled in the year______and was evacuated when the “Dakota War” of 1862 threatened the settlement.
9. The Cascade Milling Company built in______became the first sell electricity in the city.
10. Sioux Falls first had electricity in the year______.
11. The South Dakota Water Company built in______distributed water throughout the city without treatment.
12. In 1889, the first ______was built in Sioux Falls connecting the east and west side of the city.
13. The first bridge over the Big Sioux River was at ______street.
14. Seney Island was originally named______after its first owner.
15. The Manchester Biscuit Company was formed in 1902 and that building is now being occupied by______.
16. In the year ______, The Old Courthouse Museum was built.
17. The spires of St. Joseph’s Cathedral are visible to the west. It was built in ______, and it’s the focal point of the first Historic District in South Dakota.
18. The Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in the year ______, and is significant because of its architectural, commercial, governmental, and transportation influences in the development of Sioux Falls.
19. Sioux Falls got its name from The Falls, which are located on the ______River.