 Littleton's economic gardening program is on the international map. Recently, about 150 people from as close as Steamboat Springs and as far away as Australia attended a seminar at the Littleton Community Center to learn more about Littleton's program of nurturing small businesses rather than offering incentives to attract large businesses.
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Welcome to South Dakota! Host of the 2009 Economic Gardening Conference featuring Chris Gibbons
Location: Ft. Sisseton State Historic Park & The Glacial Lakes & Prairies Region of Northeastern South Dakota
Northeastern South Dakota Welcomes You to Economic Gardening
Walk the grounds where the officers' quarters, stone barracks, powder magazine, guard house, and other buildings remain at frontier Fort Sisseton. This 1864 fort, atop the Coteau des Prairies (or hills of the prairies), is a rare reminder of the western frontier. The fort's name comes from the nearby Sisseton Indian Tribe, and it is now a picturesque state park that unfolds the area's history. Originally a frontier army outpost, this National Historic Landmark has been restored and is open to the public. The site of the fort (originally called Fort Wadsworth) was chosen for providing a strong natural defense, an ample supply of lime and clay for making bricks, an abundance of lake water for drinking and a thick stand of trees for timber and fuel. Guided tours by fort "soldiers" and others in costume are available.