Faulk County, SD History .....Chapter XXIV Onaka 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, 11:40 pm ONAKA. Onaka is located on the line of the Minneapolis & St. Louis railway, in the township of Sherman, six miles from the west line of Faulk county and four miles from the Edmunds county line. The town is only one year old and has now about two hundred inhabitants, and is one of the best towns on the line of the Minneapolis & St. Louis railway in this county and has one of the best, if not the best, hotel in the county. The following is a complete list of business houses in the town, viz: State Bank of Onaka, R. S. Patterson, cashier; is also doing an important real estate business and owns the town-site property. Two stores for general merchandise, Patterson & McCarthy and M. F. Schwick, proprietors. Hardware, Christ. Dufloth, proprietor. Central Lumber Company, L. H. Rose, proprietor. Pacific Elevator Company, Henry Dufloth, manager. Independent Elevator Company, H. Iverson, manager. Pool and billiard hall, Herman Berg, proprietor. Saloon, Lockwood & Iverson, proprietors. Meat market, Patterson & McCarthy, proprietors. Livery Stable No. 1, George Riley, proprietor. Livery Stable No. 2, J. S. Nevins, proprietor. The Onaka Hotel, all modern improvements, steam heated, brick building, 20 rooms, J. M. Young, proprietor. Postoffice and confectionary, Mrs. Mary Crom, proprietor. Drug store, Dr. Olson from Iowa, proprietor. A new school house. Catholic church. From location and surrounding farm property this is destined to become one of the best and most prosperous towns in the county. 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/gms40chapterx.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/sdfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb