Faulk County, SD History .....Chapter VIII LaFoon 1909 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sd/sdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 7, 2005, 4:41 pm CHAPTER VIII CONTINUED, LAFOON. The beautiful location of the first county seat of Faulk county, with its miles of broad prairie and its rich, luxuriant grasses, supplemented by the fact that the eastern part of the county was first settled, and largely by a class of real homesteaders, made an active, growing business town, and at the coming of the Northwestern Railroad, had it not been for the fact that superior railroad facilities pointed to Faulkton, all other circumstances and conditions were in its favor and it would have continued its onward, prosperous and commanding course. With such men as D. S. Smith, J. H. Bottum, F. A. Seaman, H. D. Chamberlain, W. H. Race and Dr. J.. P. Rathbun; with the LaFoon Record, F. A. Evans, editor and proprietor, the recognized official paper of the county, LaFoon's interests were well cared for, giving every assurance, not only to its own citizens, but to every impartial observer, of present permanency and future prosperity. This state of things continued with increasing, strength until the inhabitants awoke to the unwelcome fact that the final survey of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad had been made, the line passing to the south of them and direct to Faulkton, their persistent rival for county seat honors. Quick to see and apt to take advantage of their remaining hope, LaFoon was soon on wheels, passing westward over the prairies to become an integral part, if not a controlling factor in the upbuilding of their late persistent and unyielding rival. Additional Comments: From: HISTORY OF FAULK COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA CAPTAIN C. H. ELLIS TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PIONEERS AND PROMINENT CITIZENS ILLUSTRATED 19O9 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/sd/faulk/history/other/gms16chapterv.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/sdfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb