Faulk County, SD History .....Chapter XXIV Seneca 1909
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CHAPTER XXIV  CONTINUED.

SENECA.



    The village of Seneca is located in the town of Seneca, on the line of the

Redfield and Gettysburg branch on the Chicago & Northwestern railroad,

fifty-four miles west of Redfield and twenty-two miles west of Faulkton, the

county seat of Faulk county, and in the center of one of the finest sections of

rich agricultural and grazing land to be found in the great northwest. From its

location and surroundings, it is, and ever must remain the important business

center of western Faulk county. At this writing, Seneca contains two hundred

twenty-five inhabitants and the following business houses and with its various

branches of business indicates a live, enterprising town, viz:



Hardware and agricultural machinery, F. E. Hatfield & Son, proprietors.

Hardware, Benson Brothers, proprietors.

Drug store, Hobart & Bickell, proprietors.

Post office, William Kellett, postmaster.

General store and meat market, O. A. Rogers, manager.

State Bank of Seneca, J. A. Dixon, cashier.

Farmers State Bank, B. A. Chester, cashier.

Bakery and grocery store, Frayn & Beath, proprietors.

Real estate, N. A. Hagan, manager.

Seneca Land Co., M. E. Stevens, manager.

Land office, A. C. Rudine, manager.

Palace Restaurant. A. T. Erickson, proprietor.

Barber shop, John Christie, proprietor.

Job work and printing, John Snell, proprietor.

Seneca Journal, John Snell, editor.

Livery stable, Ernest Ream, proprietor.

Livery stable, Peter Putes, proprietor.

Pool, billiards and bowling alley, E. D. Smith, proprietor.

Saloon, Nugent & Christianson, proprietors.

Blacksmith shop, John Miller, proprietor.

Lumber and coal, A. J. Eaton.

Lumber and coal, William Bell.

Atlas Elevator, William Bell, manager.

Sleepy Eye Elevator Co., B. A. Chester, manager.

M. E. church, Rev. Tanner, pastor.

Catholic church, Rev. Father Keene, parish priest.

First class graded school, Prof. R. J. Calkins, principal.





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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