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Lemmon Petrified Park
The Lemmon Petrified Wood Park & Museum is a roadside attraction located off U.S. Highway 12, U.S. 12 in Lemmon, South Dakota, which features large outdoor sculptures created out of Mesozoic petrified wood. It was created in 1933 by Ole Quammen, a former mayor of Lemmon. Besides the outdoor park, the site has a museum, also built out of petrified wood, which hosts smaller collections of fossils. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 as the Lemmon Petrified Park; when dedicated, it claimed to be the largest petrified wood park in the world. The park and museum, which do not charge admission, are open during the summer months between Memorial Day and Labor Day. History The Lemmon Petrified Wood Park & Museum was created by Ole Quammen, who settled in Lemmon in 1907, ran a local lumbermill, and for a time served as mayor of Lemmon. An amateur geologist, Quammen also collected samples of petrified wood he discovered across Perkins County, South Dakota, Perk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemmon, South Dakota
Lemmon is a town in Perkins County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,160 at the 2020 census. Lemmon is named after George Ed Lemmon, a cattleman, who founded the town in 1906. The City of Lemmon received the South Dakota Community of the Year Award in 2012. Geography Lemmon is located at (45.939375, -102.160128). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Lemmon's north border is the Adams County, North Dakota, boundary. To the east of Lemmon is Corson County and Standing Rock Indian Reservation. History Lemmon's history as a town started in 1902 with the U.S. government's forced leasing of about 800,000 acres of Standing Rock Indian Reservation lands to cattle rancher George Ed Lemmon. In 1919, Lemmon became a sundown town, prohibiting African Americans from living there. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, 1,227 people, 567 households, and 319 families resided in the city. The population dens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
