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Pioneer Days in Huron and Central South Dakota
A narrative recalling May to August in Huron area farm life. A heavy May flood of rain? no, a devastating hailstorm near Crandon wrecked crops and livestock. Survivors faced debt, migration, and partial recovery aided by new seed loans and fall threshing, with grasshoppers later threatening remaining fields.
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Huron
Central
South Dakota
Arthur E. Towner
Geauga Republican Record
Chardon Ohio
North Dakota
Dalrymples
Steek
Crandon
Michigan
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Chicago
Street Railway Company
Kansas