A. P. Robinson Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1055-1056 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	A. P. ROBINSON, who is justly considered one of the leading 
agriculturists of Brown county, was born in St. Lawrence county, New 
York, March 23, 1851 When a boy he was taken to Wisconsin by his parents 
and spent his youth, until nineteen years of age, in Dodge county, that 
state, living on a farm until his fourteenth year. Meanwhile he acquired 
a common school education and on leaving the farm entered his father's 
store. In 1869 he went to Nevada and secured employment on a cattle 
ranch.  

	Mr. Robinson spent the ensuing three years on various ranches and 
during that time became familiar with every phase of the cattle 
business. He then went into dairying and cattle raising and remained in 
that business until 1882, when he came to Brown county, South Dakota, 
and in 1883 secured a relinquishment on the land in Rondel township 
where he has since made his home. He at once began a series of 
improvements, which were carried to completion in due time and his 
progress was such that in the course of a few years he was enabled to 
add to his real estate and become one of the leading farmers and stock 
raisers in this part of the county. Mr. Robinson now owns nine hundred 
and sixty acres of valuable land, eight hundred constituting the 
homestead which is considered one of the most productive farms as well 
as one of the most beautiful and desirable country homes in the county 
of Brown. The James river intersecting the place makes it especially 
adapted to rich nutritious grasses produced by the deep fertile soil, 
afford ample pasturage for as many cattle as the land can accommodate. 
From an agricultural point of view, the farm is unexcelled by any like 
number of acres in the northeastern part of the state, as the abundant 
crops produced sufficiently attest. Mr. Robinson seeds about four 
hundred acres every year from which he harvests upon an average of six 
thousand bushels of wheat, and in addition thereto, raises large 
quantities of oats and corn, also an abundance of vegetables and fruits, 
for all of which there are ready demands at good prices. He realizes 
ample returns from the time and labor expended in the prosecution of his 
various interests, is judicious in the management of his affairs and the 
large fortune in his possession shows him to be a man of good judgment, 
practical ideas and sound business ability.  

	In all that constitute the progressive man and public-spirited 
citizen, Mr. Robinson has few equals and no superiors in his section of 
the country. Formerly he was an ardent Republican and an energetic party 
worker and at one time ran for representative, but owing to a 
combination of circumstances, failed of election. He was identified with 
the reform measures of a few years ago, took an active part in promoting 
the same and made his influence felt in more ways than one, while 
advocating principles and measures for the general good of the county 
and state.