Wall’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Wall. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Wall was platted in 1907 when the Chicago and North Western Railroad was extended to that point. The town was incorporated in 1908. Wall was named for the "natural wall" in rock formations by the Badlands National Park.
The town is most famous for the Wall Drug Store, which opened as a small pharmacy in 1931 during the Depression, located at that time on Route 16A. The store eventually developed into a large roadside tourist attraction.
The National Grasslands Visitor Center is also located in Wall.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Wall’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wall’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewSunset at Wall, South Dakota, 1936: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Wall
See all 1 →Wall, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Sunset at Wall, South Dakota (1936) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.