Wakonda, Clay Co., SD - 1909 Business Directory This file contains a listing from the "South Dakota State Business Directory," published by The Gazetteer Publishing Co., Denver, Colorado in 1909. Information transcribed by Joy Fisher. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. 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. WAKONDA A prosperous town in Clay county, on the Chicago & Northwestern Ry., 25 miles northwest of Vermillion. Surrounded by a good farming country. Population 350. Last Name First Name Business Arstrup Jno well driller Aufinson Anton contractor and builder Babb-De Wire Co. genl-mdse and agricultural implts Bank of Wakonda M J Chaney pres, F A Swezey vice-pres, Sam Jacobson cashier Catholic Church Rev E J Egan, priest Chaney M. J. pres, Bank of Wakonda Chaney M. J. pres, Commercial Club Chaney & Jacobson general merchandise Christensen & Larson blacksmiths Click L. R. barber Commercial Club M J Chaney pres, P G Estee sec Congregational Church Rev F J Tresidder, pastor Derr Geo. barber Devine J. F. real estate, pool and billiard hall Devine Bros. drugs Dickman F. W. painter and paperhanger Diffendorf Tom mgr, Reedy Grain Co. Egan E. J. (Rev.) priest, Catholic Church Estee P. G. publr Wakonda Monitor & sec Commr Club Farmers Co-Operative Elevator Co. C M Vinton mgr Findley P. mgr, Hanford Produce Co. Foster Frank livery Hanford Produce Co. P Findley, mgr Hanson Carl E. dentist Hatch A. E. sec I O O F Hatch L. M. furniture and undertaker Jacobson Sam cash, Bank of Wakonda Jacobson see Chaney & Jacobson Knight W. O. attorney-at-law Knight W. O. clerk, Modern Woodmen of America Kuhler see Wright & Kuhler Larson see Christensen & Larson Lokke see Rasmussen & Lokke Loose Geo. dray line Methodist Church Rev P H Weston, pastor Modern Woodmen of America W O Knight clerk North Western Telephone Co. F A Sweezy, mgr O'Dell Floyd agt, C & N W Ry and American Express Perry Elevator Co. grain, coal and live stock Peterson Andrew mgr, F M Slagle & Co. Peterson J. M. contractor, plasterer and mason Rasmussen & Lokke hardware and farm machinery Reedy Grain Co. Tom Diffendorf mgr Slagle & Co. F. M. Andrew Peterson mgr, lumber Sweezy F. A. mgr, North Western Telephone Co. Sweezy F. A. physician, vice-pres Bank of Wakonda Thrane F. M. restaurant Tresidder F. J. (Rev.) pastor, Congregational Church Turner Produce Co. Wright & Kuhler, mgrs. Vinton C. M. mgr, Farmers Co-Operative Elevator Co. Wakonda Lodge, I. O. O. F. A E Hatch, sec Wakonda Monitor (w) P G Estee, prop Weston O. C. contractor and builder Weston O. G. contractor and builder Weston P. H. (Rev.) pastor, Methodist Church Wright W. G. (Mrs.) millinery Wright & Kuhler mgrs, Turner Produce Co. Wright & Kuhler props, The City Meat Market