Faulk County, SD History .....Chapter XIII New Postoffices 1909
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CHAPTER XIII CONTINUED,

NEW POSTOFFICES.



    On October 17th, 1882, the Faulkton postoffice was established, being the

first one in Faulk county. On the 24th of July, 1884, one year and nine months

from the establishment of the first office, there were twelve post-offices doing

business in the county, viz: Faulkton, LaFoon, DeVoe, Wesley, Roanoke,

Scatterwood, Cresbard, Harrington, Newton, Myron, Mason City and Ellisville,

with mail and stage routes as follows: From Miller, in Hand county, to Faulkton;

tri-weekly from Faulkton to Aberdeen, in Brown county; from Athol, in Spink

county, triweekly and from Highmore, in Hyde county, to Ellisville, semi-weekly.



    An educated, intelligent, law abiding class of citizens were to be found in

all parts of the county. Schools were established, the Sabbath observed, there

were Sunday-schools in numerous places and religious services were regularly

held and were well attended.



    The people had come from their old homes in different sections of this

country, from Canada, and quite a number from Europe, to find a common home in

Dakota, to become Dakotans, neighbors and friends, with common interests and a

common purpose, to succeed. Not to be satisfied with conditions of the past, but

to improve upon them, to surround themselves with better and more enjoyable

associations, to lay the foundation broad and wide for greater social,

intellectual and political advancement and prosperity.





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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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