Remembering a Sioux Falls Milkman

Memories Of The Sioux Falls Milkman

Gallery Credit: Guest post by Scott Smith, Townsquare Media

Photo Credits
Photos of Daisy and the old black and white photos of horse-drawn Lakeside Dairy wagons are courtesy of John Cooper, General Manager of Prairie Farms Dairy.
Photo of Terrace Park Dairy Milk List courtesy of Russ Fjellanger.
Photo of milk truck was provided by Levi C. It comes from Adobe Stock Photos, which he has permission to use for Townsquare marketing materials.

Guest post by Scott Smith, Results-Townsquare Media Sioux Falls

MORE SIOUX FALLS FLASHBACKS:

What Did South Dakota's License Plate Look Like the Year You Were Born?

The first number on a South Dakota license plate is the county that the car is registered. For example, Pennington county where Rapid City is has a '2' starting its plates. In Sioux Falls you have either a '1' or a '44' depending on your relationship to 57th street.

When established in 1956 (and revised in 1987) the first nine counties were ordered by population. Starting with 10 they are in alphabetical order through Ziebach, with Oglala Lakota County (65) and Todd (67) rounding out the list.

Today the top 10 plate numbers and populations don't correlate anymore. 1 and 2 are still 1 and 2, but Lincoln (44) is now 3rd in population. Beadle is 4 but it's now 11th in population. See the list by population here.

On January 1, 2023, South Dakota started issuing a new license plate design for license plates.

So, let's take a look back at what South Dakota license plates looked like over the last 100 years.

Gallery Credit: Ben Kuhns

Have You Ever Explored the 'War Eagle Monument' on the South Dakota/Iowa Border?

Originally being from the Sioux City area, I grew up knowing about the War Eagle Monument perched on a bluff along I-29. There was at least one field trip for every kid in the area to the monument.

However, speaking with folks from Sioux Falls, they didn't seem to know what I was talking about. All they know about I-29 in Sioux City was that it was usually under construction.