Henry Strunk Biography


	This biography appears on page 1895 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
	OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net.

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	HENRY STRUNK was born in Westphalia, Germany, in 1830, and is a 
son of Frederick and Minnie (Otto) Strunk. Germany remained his place 
of residence until 1852, when he crossed the Atlantic to the United 
States, settling first in Buffalo, New York. He soon afterward removed 
to Cincinnati and several years later went to Iowa, where he resided 
until 1862, the year of his arrival in South Dakota. He entered one 
hundred and sixty acres of land from the government and as his 
financial resources increased he added to this until he now has seven 
hundred acres, one-half of which is devoted to pasturage purposes. He 
raises hay on a very extensive scale and he has set out a large number 
of trees and also greatly improved his property by the erection of 
substantial buildings.