Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls, capital of Minnehaha county, South Dakota, and the largest town in the state, is on the Big Sioux River (which here falls 90 feet), 241 miles by rail SW. of St Paul. A place of 697 inhabitants in 1878, it now has tramways, water-works, gas, the electric light, a public library, a score of churches, and as many manufactories. A leading industry is the quarrying, shaping, and polishing of the granite which underlies the city. Here are the state penitentiary and school for deaf mutes, and four denominational colleges. Pop. (1890) 10,177.