John Z. Reed Biography


	This biography appears on page 1894 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	JOHN Z. REED, of near Rapid City, is a native of Scottsville, 
Monroe county, New York. He was reared and educated in his native 
county, and after leaving school was engaged in teaching for a number 
of years and later in farming. Subsequently he came to South Dakota and 
after a short residence there located a ranch on the Cheyenne river 
east of the town, on which he started an enterprise in raising stock, a 
line of industry in which he has been continuously engaged since that 
time. He continued to live on this ranch until 1900, when he bought the 
one he now occupies on Rapid creek, eight miles from Rapid City. He has 
greatly improved this and built a commodious dwelling and other 
necessary buildings on it, and has brought the land to a high state of 
cultivation. In politics he is a Republican and an ardent supporter of 
the party.