Iroquois boom brings new residents and growth
The Iroquois area, April 18 1882, reports a railroad boom driving steady arrivals from Stevens Point and Dakota. New residents include Mrs J Sweet and lawyer J J Sweet, who purchase buildings at Ottawa and Oswego, and plans emerge for hardware and hotel expansions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iroquois
Eorrors Hyroxire
Iiroquois
Jake Hotp
Kingsbury
Stevens Point
Wis
R. Sweet
Dakota
J. C. Slate
Mr. Gibson
Uiure
Weath
Unale
Dakota Avenue Sidewalks Prompt Neighborhood Clean Up
A local town paper urges citizens to raise the Dakota Avenue sidewalk grade and tidy alleys and back yards. It spoofs false Dakota Fever while praising growth in Huron and St. Lawrence, noting a booming town with 1,200 inhabitants and plans for a big hotel. Community efforts and club notices follow, including Pleasant Hour Club meeting details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Shannon
Hoscale
Huron
Jim River
Dakota
Ele Paint Courier
Milwaukee Junction prospers as Dakota town chartered
A South Dakota Territory charter is issued to the Town Lot Company with L. O. Libbey as president and O. H. Jones as vice president. The rapid building boom includes Woodruff & Loomis law and land office and Maxon & More mercantile site. a Madison Wis colony arrives to settle and develop farms while a newspaper plans to start, signaling future growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
Car Town Lot Company
L. O. Libbey
O. H. Jones
J. E. Carpenter
W. J. Woodruff
Willis Arnold
Milwaukee Junction
Woodruff & Loomis
Maxon & More
Cheming
Libbey
Forestburg
Carpenter & Davenport
Lawrence
Howard
Binns
Madison
Wis
Huron
Temperance Appeal Details Tragic Train Accident
A Brookings incident reports William Melvin struck by a locomotive while crossing a railroad track. He had been drinking that morning and suffered a brain concussion. he is unconscious and the outlook is grim. Local officials, including Supt. Nicholls, vow full support for his care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookings Press
William
Melvin
Brookings House
Higgins
Homer
E W. Rexford
Br. Kesley
F. A. Preston
McCarhey
A. B. Baker
Backus Bros. & Strong
Brookings
Nicholls
Montague's Letters Referenced In Troubling Time
Fragmentary note discusses coping with distress and seeking cheer via cards or company, mentioning Montague's Letters and referencing troubled minds. The text blends imagery of buds, bees, and life with suggestions of solace and social activity to ease sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogion Sen
Montague
A Trip to the Jim Valley by a Yankton Businessman
Huron Dakota report recalls travel from Yankton on the fourth of the month with persistent rain through Elk Point and up the Sioux River to Flandreau. The author notes damp weather affecting plans and impressions of Dakota travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Valley
Yankton
Press & Dakotaian
Huron
Dakota
Elk Point
Sioux
Growth and settlement surge in Dakota valley towns
The letter describes rapid growth around Huron and Aberdeen as settlers flood central Dakota. Huron nears 1000 residents with a 250 transient population, brick making to start, and rail connections expanding. Aberdeen rises as a rail hub with artesian wells, new land district status, depots planned, and lines from Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul and Chicago Northwestern extending commerce. The Jim valley north and south attracts colonists seeking fertile farms with expanding groves and orchards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Govnt
Emands
Huron
the James
Central
Dakota
Jim Valley
Aberdeen
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Missouri
Miller
St. Lawrence
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Marion Velor
Haro
Ajehn
Gee
Tinke Benjami Tyler & Wi
Jol Webster
Wetherer
al Fladly
Dakoth
Troquois
Santos
Jabbath
Cressey
Ellis
Ordway
Columbia- W
A. Galli
Galesville
Northville
Refield Journal
George Love
Nigel-watch
Lady R. Rt
Dakota Avenue
Iowa
America
Eli Perkins
M. H. Waters
R. C. Anderson
Pioneer Wheeler
P. H. Shillalah
Pleasant Hour Club
H. M. Jewett
Jolly Cain
C. Frevo
Zonramann
Sasteorett
Snedigar& Davis
Nes & Stiver’s
Larp, Norton, & Co
Richardson’s
Rushford
Snedigar & Davis
Ware
Mate
Snedigar & Devie
Hardwood Stock and Iron Snedigar & Davis
Port Bron
Just
Dakota Ave
2Nd St
Gar
Dave
Igar & Fale
Sterling
Thego Dry Goods Palace
Cor
Dakota See
P.t
New Farm
A. F. Thompson
Blount
Square Dealers
Blount & Ee
Richardson Bros
Anderson’s
Bowe & Stiver’s
Bowe & Stiver
Blount & Hood
Cavour
Eae
Freda
Zimmermann
H. Stevess
D. T
Dakota Central Railway
Biount & Hood’s
Blount & Hood's
Buouxt & Hood’s
City Cigars
Lt. Mouser
District Court
N.D. Wature
James
Eley
U. S. Land Office
Wessington
Lake Preston
Cone County
Choice Farms
Quois, Cavour
DE Smet
Wellington
Hitchcock, Lake Preston
1Roilwaukee Junction
Dalgata Avenue
Wisconsin and
Second Streets
Caldwell & Smith
E. P. Caldwell
F. Smith
Edwin G. Wheeler
Red Weatherfield and
Yellow Danvers Union
Winona
S.C. White
New York
Minnesota
Weplesale Amd Retail Dealer
Tron
Mel Barrie
Horon
Chicago & N. W. R.W. Winona
Headquarters For Fine Goods
W. P. Fell
Dak. Ave
Corbin House
Miller Bros
Hand County
Turtle Creek
Express
Reight
Tet Gerary
Picker
Deport
Paraiture
Colin
Seege
American Express Company
Riche Ae Brothers
Weoteeate Axp Retail
Huron, Dakota
Miller, Bros
Fayant & M
Gr. Wright Prop
Bpuinass
Adler & Co
Peoples Clothiers
Sigveinit
Fiuirininsimieiris
Bi Wen
Haren
Hho
Heien
St Hee
Thompson's
Stout Viet
G. He
Biockixa
Sacz
Paneer
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