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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1940
Page
16
New York Brooklyn pitcher Hughasey Braoklyn has a younger brother catching for Newport in the Northeast Arkansas League. Parshall Perfect Charloote. N. C Dec Parshall, veteran reinsman of Urbs D., swept a trotting program in a tiean sweep.
A retrospective on Huron Dakota Territory detailing the 60-year growth from early post office roots in 1880 to a spacious war office and concentrated federal activities. It traces settlers from Illinois Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota, the Signal Service, Land Office, and Surveyor General, with key figures like Cortez Fessenden and early editors of The Huronite shaping civic infrastructure and postal expansion.
A historic review shows Huron expanding federal presence as Postmaster E H Bruemmer oversees a planned addition to the post office to handle rising airmail and growing services. Agencies from Forestry to Weather Bureau occupy floors, while space limits push operations to Court House and K P Building offices.
A history of Huron’s park movement from 1906 to 1987 highlights the deeded land by the Western Town Lot Company, J. W. Campbell and Winter Parks, Ravine expansion, and the creation of a Park Board. Behind the effort were residents like Mrs. A K Gardner, J. W. Campbell, Mr. Winter, Rotary and Kiwanis clubs, and civic leaders who nurtured gardens, nurseries, and the W. W. Howes Municipal Airport as 60 years of progress.
The city hired Phelps Wyman of Milwaukee in 1928 to draft a comprehensive park system, proposing parks at multiple corners, lakes at Ravine Park and Stony Run, a citywide boulevard, and phased development on a shrinking budget. With local donations and full-time supervision, parks like Prospect and Nursery Park evolved, while governance shifted but park aims persisted through city changes and community support.
Public schools and the Chamber of Commerce unite with groups and individuals to create a supervised swimming pool and recreation park in the northeast, a golf course in the northwest, a scenic park in the east and one in the southeast, plus tree-lined river roads. Parks offer recreation, picnics, and health, inviting mothers and children to rest in cool shade away from heat and dust.
The government land office at Third Street and Wisconsin Avenue opened at 9 o clock on October 9 1882 drawing a long early line of claimants. William T Love led the waiting crowd as the door stood ready. Love reportedly fell headfirst into the doorway, losing coat and hat in the rush. George EB Armstrong oversaw the office with Robert Lowery as receiver noted for a Lincoln likeness.
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