Howard’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Howard. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The city of Howard was established in 1881, shortly after the Southern Minnesota Railway was extended to that point. The city was named for Howard Farmer, the son of the townsite owner, J. D. Farmer. In 1883, when Miner and Sanborn counties were organized, the town was named the county seat of Miner County.
One of the first known photographs of a tornado is an image of the 1884 Howard, South Dakota, tornado.
The first public library in Dakota Territory was the Howard Public Library, chartered in 1886.
Howard became the first municipality in South Dakota to own and operate its own wind turbines in 2001.
Since 2001, over 200 new jobs have been created in the community. From 1996 to 2008, the city's sales tax revenues increased 123%.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Howard’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Howard’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewTornado1884, 1884: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Howard
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Howard, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Howard is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Howard has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 49-095-190 in Rock Creek, 6.7 miles away.
Howard and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Tornado1884 (1884) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From Wikimedia Commons (3) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.