Golf in Garretson

Garretson is a small Minnehaha County community on the Big Sioux River known for Devil's Gulch, the narrow quartzite canyon where Jesse James reportedly leaped to escape pursuing lawmen in 1876. The geological feature created when the Big Sioux carved through resistant rock is a dramatic landscape element unusual in the flat eastern South Dakota prairie. Garretson's proximity to Sioux Falls has made it a bedroom community for some metro workers, and Devil's Gulch Park provides a local tourist attraction that supplements the golf club as a community recreational amenity. The Big Sioux River trail network along Devil's Gulch creates a recreational resource that sustains community identity and attracts visitors to this Minnehaha County community.