Fruitdale, Butte Co, SD - 1916 Business Directory This information extracted from the "Northwestern Gazetteer and Business Directory", vol. XX (1916-1917), published by R. L. Polk & Co. Data transcribed by Joy Fisher, sdgenweb@yahoo.com. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the SDGENWEB Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://usgwarchives.net/sd/sdfiles.htm FRUITDALE. Pop 75. Butte county. A village on the C & N W Ry 8 miles e of Belle Fourche the county seat. Has a Baptist church, a bank, a grain elevator and a hotel. A weekly newspaper the Pioneer is published. Exp Am. Willard Cooke P M. Alexander O H, pres Fruitdale State Bank. Blackwell C H & Co, General Store. Casavant Wm, gen store. Clary P M, cashr Fruitdale State Bank. Evans H J Lumber Co. Fruitdale Pioneer The, Sheppard & Son pubs. Fruitdale State Bank (capital $15,000), O H Alexander, pres; P M Clary, cashr. Hollender Geo, hardware. Huffback C W, r r, exp and tel agt. Mabbott Lou & Son, gen store. Melvin Jno, blksmith. Melvin T J, pool. Niva Wm & Co, grocers. Rapid River Milling Co, grain. Ross Fred, barber. Sheppard & Son, pubs Frultdale Pioneer. Stearns Co, farm impts. Stearns M B, ins agt. Thompson Fred, livery. Wright Mrs H S, hotel.