Nicollet Tower
Posted by: Milbank
N 45° 39.569 W 097° 08.014
14T E 645405 N 5057908
The Joseph N. Nicollet Tower and Interpretive Center, located 3.5 miles west of Sisseton is a 75 foot observation tower with three floors that provides a breathtaking view of the great valley carved by the glacier some 40,000 years ago.
Waymark Code: WMBQB
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 05/01/2006
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The tower gets its name from the French map maker, Joseph N. Nicollet (pronounced "Nick-o-LAY") who was a sort of real-life Lt. Dunbar in the movie "Dances With Wolves". He spent 1838 and 1839 creating the first accurate map of the vast area between the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers.