Faulk County, SD History .....Chapter VIII Faulkton 1909
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CHAPTER VIII.

FAULKTON.



    The selection and the location of the City of Faulkton, was from the first,

far above any other location within the bounds of the county. Its central

location commended it, not only to those who came to see it, but attracted the

attention of all land seekers.



    The first settlers, as a class, were of the type not only to assure success

to the enterprise in which they engaged, but to attract and draw others to them.



    Among that heroic band, who early in 1882 turned their backs to all the rest

of the world with undying determination to turn these bleak and desolate acres

upon the banks of the sluggish Nixon into delightful, happy homes and a

prosperous, enterprising commercial center, no one was more devoted, or in a

position to do as much for the accomplishment of this most desired object, as

Capt. H. A. Humphrey. Quick to see and prompt to act, on the 21st day of

December, 1882, The Faulkton Times, H. A. Humphrey, editor and proprietor became

an active force in the shaping of the destiny of the town and county.



    On October 28th, 1882, the town site had been platted and became a matter of

record, A. B. Melville, Preston B. Durley, G. B. Eastman, H. A, Humphrey, John

Mahara, J. A. Collins, William G. Kelley, J. Wood, Francis H. Fluent and Frank

Smith, being the incorporators. Subsequent to this time many others had joined

these first settlers and a most heroic fight had been put up to secure the

location of the county seat at this place.



    But all that came, became an integral part in their efforts for the

accomplishment of the one single purpose, the one central idea, that of making

Faulkton the county seat. In the accomplishment of this object their efforts

never ceased and their faith never faltered until the surveyors for the Chicago

& Northwestern Railroad company sealed a compact that virtually settled the

question in their favor.



    Among those who are entitled to equal credit in the accomplishment of this

work, are Major John A. Pickler, Capt. J. H. Wallace, Frank Turner, A. A.

Colgrove, A. W. Morse, F. A. Pangburn, J, W. Hays and C. C. Moulton, all of whom

are identified with Faulkton's interests at the present time.



    It was not until the coming of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad in 1886,

that the important question of the real status of Faulkton as the town and

future county seat, was fully and definitely settled.



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HISTORY OF

FAULK COUNTY

SOUTH DAKOTA

CAPTAIN C. H. ELLIS



TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PIONEERS AND PROMINENT CITIZENS



ILLUSTRATED

19O9





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