Faulk County, SD History .....Chapter XVII The Railroad 1909
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CHAPTER  XVII.

THE RAILROAD.



    It was not until 1886 that the railroad question was settled, and that year,

Oct. 28th, regular trains commenced running from Faulkton to Redfield. On August

7th, Engineer Miller of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, with his

engineer corps, arrived at Faulkton on the survey from Aberdeen, via Roscoe, to

Orient. The location of these roads settled the question of the location of town

sites along their lines, and changed the county seat from LaFoon to Faulkton.

The county seat question having been settled for all time, and nearly all the

townships for school and election purposes with business centers established.

There was a consciousness of permanent, rather than pioneer, settlement, a

security of home and business relations that could not be realized while this

important question, that means so much to every civilized community was in doubt.



    Altogether, 1886 was an eventful year in the history of Faulk county.

Possibly more real homes were established by the arrival of wives and children

to occupy the humble but substantial houses that had been erected by the

enterprising and self-sacrificing husbands and fathers, that with high hopes of

better conditions had preceded them, than in any other one year in its history.



    But with the coming of the railroad towns were not only made, but their 

downfall assured. LaFoon, with its homes, school houses, churches and county

building, was on wheels to become an integral part of Faulkton. Harrington was

lost in Burkmere and Ellisville, save in name, became Seneca. Business centers

became fixed, new social surrounding assured and a general consciousness felt

that a foundation had been laid upon which future structures should be erected

and future greatness established for all time.



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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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