Colton, Minnehaha Co., SD - 1916 Business Directory This information extracted from the "Northwestern Gazetteer and Business Directory", vol. XX (1916-1917), published by R. L. Polk & Co. Data transcribed by Joy Fisher, http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00001.html#0000031 . This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the SDGENWEB Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/sd/sdfiles.htm COLTON. Pop 600. Minnehaha county. An incorporated town on the S D Central and C M & St P Rys 21 miles n w of Sioux Falls the county seat. Has Methodist, Baptist and 2 Lutheran churches, 2 banks, 2 hotels, 4 grain elevators, a planing mill, electric light plant and water works. A weekly newspaper the Courier is published. Exp W F & Co and Am. Tel W U. Louie U Clarke P M. Last Name First Name Business Aga Gottfried mngr, Colton Telephone Co. Aga Jos. cementwkr Aker Julius cementwkr Amundson Amuns P. sec, treas and mngr, Courier Publishing Co. Anderberg Aug painter Anderson Gunder harness Berdahl Jas. O. farm impts Bjorseth Benj. J. blksmith Bliss Peter D. phys Carsrud Jno restaurant Clarke Jason J. Colton Farm Implement Co. Clarke Louie U. see Sisson & Clarke Clarke Louie U. stationer Colton Cemetery Assn. Alec W Milne sec Colton Courier Courier Publishing Co. pubs (see adv) Colton Farm Implement Co. Frank Gage, pres; Jason J Clarke, sec and treas, general line of implements Colton House James E Grinde propr. Rates $2 per day, special attention to traveling men, electric lights, block from Milwaukee Depot Colton Planing Mill Robt Lodmell mngr Colton Savings Bank (Capital $10,000, surplus and undivided profits $20,000), Christ N Peterson, pres; Clarence H Peterson, cashr Colton State Bank (Capital $10,000), Chas. B Huntimer, pres; Martin Larson, cashr Colton Telephone Co. Gottfried Aga mngr Courier Publishing Co. Chris M Peterson, pres; Amund P Amundson, sec, treas and mngr Dybvig Henry G. nursery Erickson Andr. J. meats Farmers Elevator Co. T B Martin mngr Ferris Thos. E. agt, H W Ross Lumber Co. Gage Frank pres, Colton Farm Implement Co. Grinde Jas. E. propr Colton House Grinde Martin E. agt, John W Tuthill Lumber Co. Gronsdahl Jacob G. propr West Hotel Grunsdal Ole mngr, Hartford Light & Power Co. Hagen see Mork & Hagen Hartford Light & Power Co. Ole Grunsdal mngr Henderson & Berdahl (Andrew Henderson, Herman Berdahl), full line of general hardware Holleran Danl J. vet surgeon Huntimer Chas. B. pres, Colton State Bank Johnson Jno H. drugs Kinseth Olaf see Peterson & Kinseth Larson Martin cashr, Colton State Bank Larson Thos. gen store Larson Bros. Auto Co. (Thomas and Martin Larson) Lodmell Robt. mngr, Colton Planing Mill Martin T. B. mngr, Farmers Elevator Co. Milne Alec W. sec, Colton Cemetery Assn. Mork & Hagen (Casper J Mork, Swen Hagen), shoes Nance Geo. H. agt C M & St P Ry and W F & Co Exp Opland Alf H. autos Peterson Carl pool Peterson Chris M. pres, Courier Publishing Co. Peterson Christ N. pres, Colton Savings Bank Peterson Clarence H. cashr, Colton Savings Bank Peterson & Kinseth (Albert Peterson, Olaf Kinseth), general store Peterson Land Co. (Chris N and Alb S Peterson) Pynten Lars H. wagonmkr Ross Lumber Co. H. W. Thos E. Ferris agt Sisson & Clarke (Harry L Sisson, Louie U Clarke), garage T & T Drug Store (Thompson & Tommerassen), drugs, cigars and tobaccos Thompson Louis N. gen store Thompson & Tommerassen see T & T Drug Store Tommerassen Benj. M. jeweler Tommerassen see Thompson & Tommerassen Tuthill Lumber Co. John W. Martin E Grinde agt Wastun Bertha milliner Wells Saml agt S D C Ry and Am Exp Co. Weltzin Carl furniture West Hotel Jacob G Gronsdahl propr