Martin Marty, 1834-1896, was the first Abbot of St. Meinrad Archabbey and the first Bishop of the Dakota Territory, and he began visiting the Indians in this territory in 1877. In 1878 he established the first Indian mission, called St. Ann’s Mission of Wheeler, about 30 miles northwest of here. The same year South Dakota became a state, 1889, he was made the first Bishop of Sioux Falls, S.D. Rev. Sylvester Eisenman, 1892-1948, with the help of many friends, built St. Paul’s Mission, Marty, and with the help of 3 Blessed Sacrament Sisters operated it as a school for Indian education in 1924. In 1935 he established here the convent for the Oblate Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. He died on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, September 14, 1948.