Frontier Days at Pierre Remembered by Mrs Gladys Bastian
Mrs Gladys Wilson Bastian of Huron recalls frontier days in Pierre with vivid memories of six cent meat, rattlesnakes in homes, Old Fort Pierre, wars on the plains, buck et brigades, and dances that bound communities. She recounts prairie floods, cattle roundups, early railroads, and the birth of South Dakota’s capitol locale.
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Pierre
Gladys Bastian
Huron
Gladys Wilson Bastian
Tenth Street
Bastian
Capitol
Dakota Territory
South Dakota
Dakota Country
Minneapolis
Sioux City
Old Fort Pierre
Missouri
East Bethany Church Picnic Near Erwin
East Bethany Church held its annual picnic at Henning Lerson farm northeast of Erwin. A windy day pushed most activities to evening where a large crowd enjoyed a social program. Harold Goldseth, a young local figure, delivered a fine talk.
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East Bethany
Erwin Erwia
East Bethany Church
Henning Lerson
Erwin
Harold Goldseth
Texas People and Relatives From Esmond Go to Hills
In Esmond June 13 special news reports Mr. and Mrs. Joe Coleman and their three children from Texas left for the Black Hills after visiting Mrs. Coleman's aunt Mrs. I. G. Hoeye. They were joined by Mrs. J. G. Hoeye and her son Merle who is convalescing from an operation and will be away about a week. Bible school near close in Erwin June 19 special bulletin notes the Congregational church vacation school held daily last week and its upcoming picnic.
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So-And- Bor
Canada
Black Hills
Northwestern Railroad Company
Territorial
Petracture
Dakota
Union
Dakotas
Middle West
Asone
South
Texas
Esmond
Hills Esmond
Joe Coleman
Erwin
Congregational, Church of
School governs Miss Florence Jacobson program
This afternoon and their final program Sunday evening. This school has been in charge of Miss Florence Jacobson of near Lake Norden and a student of Yankton college.
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Florence Jacobson
Lake Norden
Yankton College
Fire Kills 300 Chicks in Erwin Brooder House
A fire on the John Theisen farm east of Erwin Wednesday burned 300 young chicks and many older birds. Mrs Theisen learned of the blaze as flames swept the brooder house, prompting emergency response and sparing other buildings.
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Erwin
del Erwin
John Theisen
Fire destroys chicken house but house spared by wind
A fire broke through the roof of a chicken house while a woman watched Hames pass through the roof. No lives or building saved as flames raged, aided by a favorable wind. Rain helped dampen the roof to prevent spread to the house. Texas Tech professors and students excavated mastodon remains on a county farm, finding a bone believed to be a mammoth knee joint.
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Manny
Old Steps
Texas Tech
C County
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Blackhawk
Thos
Are Terror
Fort Pierre
Missouri River
E Valley
Prairie
Mitchell
North Western Railroad
Milwaukee
Beaumorit
Tex
Reserve Chemical Warfare
Ben Bernie
Blue Ribbon Malt Orchestra
Blue Ribbon
Joris
Dad
Father
Arrow
Siple
Just
Newberry
Newberry’s
Plata
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