Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, the oldest cemetery in Sioux Falls, was organized on November 25th, 1873 in Allen’s Hall. At the time, Sioux Falls was a village with a population of about 150 people. The most prominent residents of the village of Sioux Falls organized and signed the incorporation papers, including Dr. Josiah Phillips, Nye Phillips, Col Thomas Brown, H.W. Lewis, Edwin Sherman, and more. By the turn of the century, the cemetery land had been graded, water piped in, hundreds of trees set out, and shrubs and flowers planted. A large addition of land was purchased in 1902, along with 15 gifted acres, growing the cemetery to nearly 150 acres. In 1924, the Glidden Memorial Chapel was built in memory of Daniel Glidden, a member of the Cemetery Board as well as a prominent business and civic leader. The Chapel, which sits near the entrance of the cemetery, is built of quartzite – the hard, pink stone that underlies the city of Sioux Falls. NOTE: Many of the names and dates were researched on Find A Grave.