Buffalo County in 1864 Name and Growth Noted
Pierre April 13 Buffalo county was among the first in South Dakota to receive a name and a place in Dakota territory. The county once covered over 5,000 square miles, including present Brule Jerauld Aurora Sanborn Hanson Mc Cook and part of Lake counties. Settlement began in 1862 with Fort Thompson at Crow Creek Reservation. Agricultural data show corn as a leading crop with 22,000 acres planted last year, barley oats wheat and other grains grown, and livestock including cattle hogs and sheep. Gann Valley is the county seat and Thompson hosts the Crow Creek Indian Reservation headquarters with 935 Sioux Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort.Thompson
Crow Creek Indion Reservation
Ericks Brote
Buffalo County
Lucal
Gann Valley
Schoal
Highmore
Wessington
Pierre
Krichs
Thompson
Crow Creek Indian Reservation
Charg
Plan to Build Chapel Pierre Near Indian School
April 15. The Episcopal church plans a chapel on ground secured near the Indian school. About one percent of the Indian children are members of the Episcopal church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
Episcopal Church
Test Chlorpierin Gas For Use As Fumigant
ST. PAUL April 15. A gas named chlor pierin may serve as a fumigant to rid elevators flour mills and food storage plants of the granary weevil Dr A L Strand of the Minnesota agricultural experiment station reports experiments with the chem leaf While chlorpherrin has troubling effects on wheat baking quality further tests may show it can curb weevils without harming grain Ethylene oxide and carbon tetrachloride with ethylene dichloride are among the other contemplated fumigants per Dr Strand
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
A. L. Strand
Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station
Strand
Wesleyan Student Turns Opera Star at Mitchell Concert
Merle Alcock, former Dakota Wesleyan student, now with the Metropolitan Opera, sang at Mitchell Corn Palace on Thursday. Once comparatively obscure she has risen in a few years to become among the country's top contraltos, equally adept in concert and oratorio, and has appeared with leading orchestras including Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesleyan
Mitchell
Merle Alcock
Dakota Wesleyan University
Metropolitan Opera Company
Corn Palace
Miss Alcock
Boston
Major American Orchestras Unite for Tour
Symphony Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and New York Philharmonic announce a joint concert tour featuring premier works and guest conductors. The alliance signals a landmark collaboration across three leading ensembles, highlighting programming and shared arts missions.
Form New Association For Dairy Herd Testing Form New Association For Dairy Herd Testing
BROOKINGS April 15 A new dairy herd improvement association will be added on May 1 to the 17 already in operation in South Dakota according to G Heebink extension dairyman at State College The new association will be formed by splitting up the Yankton association whose membership has become too large For the past two months about 46 dairy men sought membership while 27 is the maximum one organization can accommodate Names of the 13 associations operating after May 1 are Grant Day Lake Mitchell Armour Castlewood Hamlin Brown Marshall Black Hills Minnehaha Brookings Moody Yankton Clay and McCook
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookings
South Dakota
G. Heebink
Extension
State College
Yankton Association
Heebink
Grant Day
Lake
Mitchell-Armour
Castlewood
Hamlin
Brown
Marshall
Black Hills
Minnehaha
Brookings- Moody
Yankton
Clay
McCook
Local garage man injured in shop accident
C E Gardner, a Jen sen blacksmith shop worker, slipped while cutting springs on Tuesday and tore a ligament in his foot. He is confined to home and will rely on crutches for a period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashton
C.el Gardner
Jensen
Floradora Dance Participants and Local Arrangements
The fragment lists participants Dorothy Daylor Ruth Payne Vivian Walz Marguerite Terwillige Norathy O Mea ra Howard and Beatrice Drew with organizer Elizabeth King Mitchell and accompanist Stella Erickson Vermillion. It notes a concert date April 15 and mentions locals Jerome Sunny and Aldus owning land near Big Bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floradora
Dorothy Daylor
Indianapolis
Ruth Payne
Vivian Walz
Marguerite Terwillige
Vermillian
Norathy O'Meara
Howard
Beatrice Drew
Highmare
Elizabeth King
Mitchel
Stella Erickson
Vermillion
Jerome Sunny
Aldus
Jin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Buffalo ‘County
Association For
J. Teynolds
For
The
Shakespeare
South Bend
Wae . Ie
LREST
Woods
Bristol
Dardevle Hall
Gepbad
Roy
Doren
Majestic
Wilson
U. §.L.T.A. Ench
Gamble Stores
the Friendly Store
Dakota
U” Girls Glee Club
Rosa
Greig
Katherine Peterson
Alcester
Betty Watteyne
Tecumseh
Neb
Dorothy Wright
Betty Feary
Mikedo
Donis Howell
Redfield
Gladys Dahlberg
Centerville
Bernice Hillery
Wa- Konda
Huron
Eugene
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!