Historical Marker
Thomas E. Odell
Historical marker location:
20250 SD-79, Sturgis, South Dakota
( Marker is on South Dakota Route 79.)
Marker installed: 1967
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.