Peter Martin Biography, Charles Mix County, SD

	This biography is taken from the "Standard Atlas of Charles Mix 
	County" (1906),published by Geo. A. Ogle & Co. Page 53

	Transcribed by Joy Fisher, sdgenweb@yahoo.com and may be copied for 
	non-profit purposes. All other rights reserved.

Peter Martin came into this part of the state at the close of the 
Mexican War and engaged in the fur trade and wood business. His wife was 
a Sioux. Martin was a Mexican, but claimed to be a Spaniard, who 
wandered up and down the river. He lived on land in sections 10 and 15-
96-67, to which he acquired title in the seventies, and sold it March 
13, 1878 to William Miller. This land transfer is the first one recorded 
(Jan. 29, 1880) in the county.