People
These men held ranks such as lieutenant, captain, and major.
Commissioned Officers
Stone and brick
Enlisted soldiers lived and slept here while stationed at Fort Sisseton.
Barracks/Bunkroom
This fort building was utilized as the main lodge room for the hunting lodge.
Hospital
During the Great Depression, this group was the first to begin preservation efforts at Fort Sisseton as part of this public works New Deal agency.
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
These women were known for living on "suds row" at Fort Sisseton because they washed clothing and bedding for the soldiers at the fort.
Laundresses
When Fort Sisseton was a military outpost, how many sides of the fort were surrounded by water?
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This fort building is the oldest residence in the state of South Dakota.
Commanding Officers' Quarters (COQ)
What sport was played on the parade grounds during the hunting lodge era?
Golf
This fort building was utilized as the canteen for WPA workers living at the fort.
Library/Schoolhouse
This is the nickname for soldiers of the 25th Infantry Regiment (an all African-American regiment), which had two companies serving at Fort Sisseton from 1884-1888.
Buffalo Soldiers
This fort landmark was utilized as a tool to measure distance in the area.
Hint: it flies Old Glory as well.
Flag pole
This building was used to store small arms, ammunition, canister shot, and powder for the artillery equipment utilized at Fort Sisseton.
Powder Magazine
The hunting lodge had a direct telephone line to this city for senators and politicians to use.
Washington D. C.
This additional federal government agency assisted in the restoration of the fort buildings in 1935.
National Park Service
This group was authorized by the US government to be stationed at various camps throughout the military reservation to aid the fort's soldiers in policing the territory.
Indian Scouts
This trail was established in 1864 by the military expedition that would eventually lead to the establishment of Fort Sisseton. Beginning in St. Cloud, Minnesota, it allowed supplies to be transported to the fort and was utilized by settler, gold prospectors, and others heading west.
Wadsworth Trail
The original fort plans called for four of these buildings, but only two were built. Soldiers were placed on guard duty in each to protect the breastworks.
Blockhouses
This famous Chicago gangster was rumored to have visited Fort Sisseton while the hunting lodge was in operation.
Al Capone
Between 1942 and 1944, the United States Army Air Corps flew planes between these two towns for mock bombing runs.
Watertown (SD) and Bismarck (ND)
Sam Brown
This feature was built to provide protection to the fort and functions somewhat like a moat.
Breastworks/Earthworks
Following a decrease in the number of companies stationed at Fort Sisseton, this building began to be utilized as Commissary and Quartermaster's storage in 1873.
South Barracks
Beginning in 1910, this Chicago newspaper man leased the fort and created a hunting lodge to entertain wealthy guests.
Hint: He was also the founder of the Boy Scouts of America.
Col. W. D. Boyce
During WWII, these two types of planes flew mock bombing runs laid out in the fields around the fort.