Hartford, 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 for non-profit purposes. 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. HARTFORD. Pop 800. Minnehaha county. A village on the C St P M & O Ry 15 miles n w of Sioux Falls the county seat. Has Catholic, German Lutheran, and Methodist churches, 2 banks, a flour mill, 3 grain elevators, a commercial club, an opera house, water works and an electric light plant. A weekly newspaper, the Herald, is published. Improved land is worth $100 to $140 per acre. Ships grain, produce and live stock. Exp. Am. Tel W U John F. McGowan P. M. Last Name First Name Business Atkinson R. L. cashr, Savings Bank Atkinson Robt. L. ins agt. Aulwes Henry C. billiards Babcock Irvin P. see Oaks & Babcock Bailey Chas. livery Bank of Hartford ($10,000) Ira C Kingsbery, pres.; Howard C Kingsbery, cashr. Bennett Clarence B. agt, John W. Tuthill Lumber Co. Bower Chas. F. phys. Brenner Andr. F. grain elevator Brown Bros. dairy Co-operative Farmers Elevator Co. N F Nelson, pres; W C Mulchow,sec. Engelcke H. A. & Co. gen store (Herman A. Engelcke, Alb Kingsbery) Feyder Wm. C. gen store Goebel Frank H. photogr. Gronsdahl Ole mngr, Hartford Light & Power Co. Hanson & Haugen blksmiths (Oscar Hanson & Louis Haugen) Hartford Cemetery Assn. Frank E. Van Demark, sec. Hartford Commercial Club Chas W Knodt, pres; Howard C. Kingsbery, sec Hartford Herald Reuben R. Thompson, pub. Hartford Light & Power Co. Ole Gronsdahl, mngr. Hartford Mercantile Co. J H Rausch, pres; H C Schmidt, sec and treas. Hartford Milling Co. Jno C Schaller, pres; Mabel McGillivray, sec; Carl A Schaller, treas Hartford Opera House Edw Limeback, mngr Hartford, Village of prop, Peerless Saloon Haugen Louis see Hanson & Haugen Heberlein Julius wagon mkr Henry Lorenzo D. see Van Demark & Henry Kingsbery Alb gen store Kingsbery Howard C. cashr, Bank of Hartford Kingsbery Howard C. sec, Hartford Commercial Club Kingsbery Ira C. pres, Bank of Hartford Knodt Aug. C. sec Westfall-Knodt Co. Knodt Chas. W. pres, Hartford Commercial Club Knodt Chas. W. treas Westfall-Knodt Co. Koball Wm. blksmith Latt Geo. meats Lee Lewis H. drugs Lehman Fred E. r r exp and tel agt Lewis H. Lee drugs Limeback Edw mngr, Hartford Opera House Limeback Jos. auctioneer Matthies Chas. J. billiards McGillivray Mabel sec, Hartford Milling Co. McIntire Louis ice Menth Peter mngr, Peerless Saloon Mielke Wm. J. tractor mnfr Mulchow W. C. sec, Co-operative Farmers Elevator Co. Nelson David livery Nelson N. F. pres, Co-operative Farmers Elevator Co. Oaks D. B. & Son (Deasro B and Asa) furniture Oaks Herbert D. see Oaks & Babcock Oaks & Babcock Hardware and Farm Machinery Peerless Saloon Village of Hartford, prop; Peter Menth, mngr Phillipp Herman H. hardware Rausch J. H. pres, Hartford Mercantile Co., gen store Rhine Grant conf Savings Bank (capital $10,000) H V Slecta, pres; R L Atkinson, cashr Schaller Carl A. treas, Hartford Milling Co. Schaller Jno. C. pres, Hartford Milling Co. Schmidt H. C. sec and treas, Hartford Mercantile Co., gen store Slecta H. V. pres, Savings Bank Thompson Reuben R. pub, Hartford Herald Tuthill John W. Lumber Co. Clarence B Bennett agt Van Demark Frank E. sec., Hartford Cemetery Assn. Van Demark & Henry (Frank E. Van Demark & Lorenzo D. Henry), real est. Wanke Ralph M. harness Webster Chester B. barber Welch Garth D. auctioneer Wendt E. A. farm implts Westfall E. F. pres, Westfall-Knodt Co. Westfall-Knodt Co. lumber