Historical Marker
Mercer Block
Historical marker location:
11 East Kemp Avenue, Watertown, South Dakota
( Marker is on East Kemp Avenue west of North Maple, on the right when traveling west.)
11 East Kemp Avenue. Watertown Commercial Historic District.
South Dakota was the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre, a tragic event in which over 150 unarmed Native American men, women, and children were killed by U.S. troops in 1890. Today, the site is a National Historic Landmark.