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The Best Attractions In Sisseton

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Sisseton is a city in Roberts County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,470 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Roberts County. Sisseton is home to a number of attractions including the Nicollet Tower and is near the Song to the Great Spirit building on the campus of Sisseton Wahpeton College. The city is named for the Sisseton division of the Native American Sioux.
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  • 1. Nicollet Tower & Interpretive Center Sisseton
    Joseph Nicolas Nicollet , also known as Jean-Nicolas Nicollet, was a French geographer, astronomer, and mathematician known for mapping the Upper Mississippi River basin during the 1830s. Nicollet led three expeditions in the region between the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, primarily in Minnesota, South Dakota, and North Dakota. Before emigrating to the United States, Nicollet was a professor of mathematics at Collège Louis-le-Grand, and a professor and astronomer at the Paris Observatory with Pierre-Simon Laplace. Political and academic changes in France led Nicollet to travel to the United States to do work that would bolster his reputation among academics in Europe. Nicollet's maps were among the most accurate of the time, correcting errors made by Zebulon Pike, and they provided th...
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  • 3. Redlin Art Center Watertown South Dakota
    The Redlin Art Center is an art gallery located in Watertown, South Dakota where over 150 of artist Terry Redlin's original paintings are displayed. The center was opened on June 6, 1997 and has welcomed over two million visitors. This 52,000-square-foot brick building was designed by Terry Redlin's son, Charles Redlin.
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  • 5. Fort Abercrombie Abercrombie
    Fort Abercrombie, in North Dakota, was an American fort established by authority of an act of Congress, March 3, 1857. The act allocated twenty-five square miles of land on the Red River of the North in Dakota Territory to be used for a military outpost, but the exact location was left to the discretion of Lieutenant Colonel John J. Abercrombie. The fort was constructed in the year 1858. It was the first permanent military settlement in what became North Dakota, and is thus known as The Gateway to the Dakotas.
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  • 6. Bramble Park Zoo Watertown South Dakota
    Bramble Park Zoo is located in Watertown, South Dakota. Open since 1912, the zoo comprises 15 acres with approximately 500 animals representing 130 different species. Bramble Park Zoo has been an accredited member of the Association of Zoos & Aquariums since 1993.
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