Faulk County, SD History .....Chapter X The Pioneer Settler 1909
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CHAPTER X.

THE PIONEER SETTLER. 

(FINANCIAL.)



    The history of the pioneers and early settlers of Faulk county has nothing

materially different from what could be recorded of thousands of others. There

have been hardships and disappointments, there have been sickness and

discouragement, the drouth and hot waves; the blight, the wind and tornado, with

the hard storms of winter. To those without the knowledge and experience to meet

and successfully contend against such conditions, they brought disaster and

ruin, which, together with homesickness, drove many a hardy pioneer to seek

other, and, as they then thought, better and more desirable locations. Those

years which brought little but disappointment and unrequited toil, have long

since passed, we hope and believe, never to return. Climatic changes have been

marked and signal, and with the experience and superior knowledge of the

enterprising, intelligent and persevering husbandmen, they have been turned to

the advantage and actual advancement of the country and prosperity of the people.



    The return now and then of one of the disheartened and disappointed

pioneers, who left in the years when crop failure was the rule rather than the

exception, has almost invariably been followed by admission that it would have

been far better to have remained and continued the struggle until the wonderful

change that climatic conditions and perseverance have wrought on every hand,

were available to all.



    Could the history of all those who came to Faulk county in the eighties be

written, and careful comparison be made between those who have struggled on

through sunshine and storm, through adversity and prosperity, and who are now in

possession of so many broad acres that make up the happy, prosperous homes now

in the possession of these enterprising farmers and stockmen, and those who

yielded to privation and hardship, it would be self evident that here, as in

every other instance, perseverance and a heroic struggle come out very far ahead.



    And as year after year, with its abundant harvest and increasing prosperity

comes to Faulk county, each adding to the happy homes the broad acres under

cultivation, many times multiplied, with its waving grain and luxuriant grasses,

grazing herds and various industries, supporting a population of 25,000 and

occupying her right position as the garden of South Dakota. This looking forward

is not visionary nor imaginary, but based upon careful observation and fully

realized in all save actual numbers.



Additional Comments:
From:



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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