Flint Store and Post Office

The mail route on this bronze ran between two county seats, and the second one won. LaGrace, down on the Missouri, was Campbell County's first seat; the election of 1888 moved it to Mound City, which has kept it since, with a population now counted in the dozens. The Parrotts homesteaded across a state line drawn only in 1889. This plaque and the Old Pollock bronze two miles away disagree about when the town's move ended: 1960 here, the spring of 1962 there.

What the plaque says

Flint Store and Post Office The Flint store and post office was built on this site in 1895. It was named after Moses E. Flint, an early homesteader. Mr. Flint served as a teamster with General Custer on the 1876 campaign against the Sioux which ended with the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Flint was located on a mail route from the old river town of LaGrace (Campbell County Seat from 1884-1888) to Mound City (the present Campbell County Seat). Mail was carried on horseback twice weekly. The store also served as a school classroom. The store was built by the five Parrott brothers and operated by their mother Mrs. Sara Parrott. The Parrott family moved to the area in 1884 and established homesteads on both sides of the present state border. In 1901 the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Saint Marie Railroad, commonly known as the Soo Line, built a branch into Campbell County from a junction with their main line at Wishek, North Dakota. (Continued on other side) Dedicated in 1995 by the South Dakota State Historical Society and Sherman Parrott Flint Store and Post Office (Continued from other side) Rather than building to existing settlements, the Soo Line established Artas, Herreid, and Pollock along the Spring Creek Valley. Pollock was named after R. Y. Pollock, a prominent and well respected homesteader. Residents in the settlements around the new town of Pollock realized that without rail service they would not thrive. Citizens of LaGrace and Vanderbilt began a mass migration to Pollock as soon as the rail line was completed. The Flint store was moved to Pollock and served as its' first post office. In the 1950's it was the town of Pollock itself which had to be moved. The town's original location was approximately 1-1/2 miles west of this marker. The construction of flood control dams on the Missouri River created Lake Pocasse which now covers the original town site. Beginning in 1955, Pollock started its move to the new location on a hill above the water line. The move was completed in 1960 just prior to the creation of Lake Pocasse. Dedicated in 1995 by the South Dakota State Historical Society and Sherman Parrott

Where it stands

More markers nearby

• Old Pollock — 2.0 mi
• You Are About to Enter South Dakota — 9.1 mi