A historical marker along west of the intersection of 392nd Avenue and 276th Street displays a town map and history.

[1] Like many early settlements in the West, it was abandoned as residents moved to towns closer to the railroad, like future county seat Armour.

[2] The scandal had been uncovered by county resident and future South Dakota Attorney General Robert Dollard.

Governor Nehemiah Ordway, who had been involved in the Brownsdale scandal, supported Huston as the county seat.

The town was divided into two halves, with the part in a hollow on the southern half called Lower Grand View.

[4] Grand View was served by a post office, a church, and the Douglas County Chronicle, initially Democratic leaning.