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End of line for Spencer town after 1887 railroad stop
A tornado nearly erased Spencer South Dakota killing six and destroying post office fire station library bank and four churches leaving about two thirds of homes demolished and 320 residents unsure about rebuilding. Governor Janklow Clinton aid patient and local residents vow to rebuild despite widespread devastation.
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Spencer, S.D
Spencer
Pat Stildener
Vermont
Upstate
New York
South Dakota
Clinton
McCook County
South Dakota Community Foundation
Bill Janklow
Sioux Falls
Janklow
Stildeners
Stildener
Richard
Lorraine Stildener
Cheyenne
Wyo
Richard Stildener
Dakota Territory
Omaha Railroad
Hugh Spencer
Evelyn Bartholow