Edwin Alonzo Sherman (June 19, 1844 - June 15, 1916), also known as EA Sherman , is the father of Sioux Falls, the South Dakota park system and the pioneer and initial driver for the city. He plays a role in the creation of Park McKennan, Sherman Park and Terrace Park.
Sherman was born in Wayland, Massachusetts on June 19, 1844 to Calvin and Lucy Parmenter Sherman. After graduating from Wayland High School, he worked temporarily as a clerk at an oil commission house. He then came to the west, taught a school for a year in Sioux City and arrived at Sioux Falls in June 1873.
In Sioux Falls, Sherman is involved in a number of different ventures. He's half the owner of the Sioux Falls Independent newspaper for a while. He was a school superintendent from Minnehaha County from 1874-6, and organized most of the school districts in the area during that time. He was treasurer of the Dakota Territory from 1877-8 and in 1910 was elected a member of the state legislature as a Republican. He helped organize and serve as president of two or three banks. He was involved with the construction of Willmar and Sioux Falls Railway. He was also accepted at the bar as a lawyer in November 1886.
Sherman helps his friend, Helen McKennan, preparing his wish to donate the land to the city that will become McKennan Park. He died in September 1906.
On March 10, 1910, he and his wife donated 52 acres to the city to create what became Sherman Park.
In 1915 and 1916 he negotiated the sale of land that would become Park Terrace to the city at a discount.
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