Text of Ziebach Co., SD History (1982) - pages 360 - 380 This file is the text of the book, "South Dakota's Ziebach County, History of the Prairie", published in 1982 by the Ziebach County Historical Society, Dupree, SD Permission to publish this book in electronic form was given by Jackie Birkeland, member of the Historical Committee. This book is copyright, 1982 by the Ziebach County Historical Society, Dupree, SD. Scanning and OCR by Terri Tosh , final editing by Joy Fisher, . HERMAN EULBERG FAMILY by Rollin Euberg Herman Eulberg came to South Dakota to homestead in Ziebach County in 1910. He was born at Alton, Iowa, December 24, 1887. He homesteaded NE 1/4 13-13-21 and built a house and barn at the age of 23. He planted a cottonwood tree for shade. The tree is still there although all else is gone. In 1911 he went back to Iowa to marry Anna (Victoria) Heying, August 22, 1911. She was born at Hospers, Iowa, December 19, 1891. Their first son Albion was born August 12, 1914 at Hospers, Iowa. Virgil was born at Dupree February 14, 1917 and died March 12, 1917 of pneumonia. Cora was born July 18, 1918. They then sold the homestead and bought three quarters on which they built a home on the SW 1/4 of 15-13-21. In 1922 they built a new frame house, which still stands. The foundation is of native sandstone. A stonecutter by the name of Matt Stephenson cut the stones to fit. Neighbors helped build the house. One day pranksters put Matts' saddle on his horse backwards Matt got on the horse backwards and rode home. Rollin was born December 7, 1922 and the youngest son James was born March 11, 1927. Albion now lives at Worland, Wyoming. Cora (Dosch) lives on a farm south of Dupree. Rollin lives in Dupree and James lives in St. Louis, Missouri. All of the children went to the Cloverleaf rural school and the Dupree High School. Herman, A. G. Davis, Al Martin and Fred Beguhl saw a need in this new farming community so they bought a threshing rig. This I believe was in 1912. It was a J. I. Case machine that was powered by a single cylinder Mogul stationary engine. They moved both the threshing machine and the engine with 4 horse teams. The first year of operation they finished thrashing near Cherry Creek the day before Christmas. The next year they equipped the threshing machine with a feeder and straw blower. This saved a lot of hard labor, as before they had to feed the bundles of grain by hand and stack the straw behind the machine with pitchforks. After about four years the other partners sold their share to Fred Beguhl. Although the old Mogul was retired after better power was obtained, the threshing machine was to continue threshing Herman's grain until 1942. In 1943 he and his son Rollin bought a No. 5 John Deere combine. This shortened the harvest season considerably. It also discontinued all the fun we had following the threshing run. Herman's mode of travel was for many years by horse and buggy. The horse most remembered was an old gray mare named Grady. Grady hauled the Eulberg kids to school for many years. In 1928 Herman bought his first car, a new Model A Ford, the first one in Ziebach County. He drove this auto for 22 years. About the only problem he had with the car was -- It wouldn't stop when he hollered WHOA! During the 30's Herman was county supervisor for WPA and CWA. Those projects built a good number of dams that turned out to be our favorite fishing holes. Later, in '37- '38 and '39 he worked in a grain elevator in Clyde, Oklahoma to help make ends meet. Then the dry years were over and the farm produced enough income that he was able to stay home and operate it until he retired in 1959. He then rented the farm to his son, Rollin. He and his wife lived on the farm until 1969, when he entered the hospital where he (Herman) remained for nearly five years. In 1973 his wife of 62 years entered the same hospital, where she passed away October 12, 1973. Herman passed away August 17, 1974. He and his wife are buried side by side in the Dupree Cemetery. MERMAN and VICTORIA EULBERG BY Albion Eulberg My parents, Herman and Victoria Eulberg, homesteaded about eight miles northeast of Dupree. I think Dad signed up for his homestead sometime in 1910. The first time Dad came to Ziebach County, he went by train from Alton, Iowa to LeBeau. He traveled the rest of the way by horse and buggy. Dad was born in Alton. Mother was also born in western Iowa, in the late 1800's. My grandparents were from eastern Iowa. Mother's parents visited us in Ziebach County. The lumber for the folks' claim shack was hauled from Isabel by lumber wagon. As I remember it was a three-room house, heated by a coal stove and a 'Royal West' kitchen stove. I well remember the name because one time when I was taking a bath in the old washtub, I accidently backed into the stove and fully expected to go through life with the words 'Royal West' branded on my backside. I spent eight years in the old Cloverleaf School. As soon as I was able, we drove a horse and buggy to school. The old grey horse "Grady" logged a good many miles during the time we went to school. When I went to high school in the old wooden two story school, I rode a horse night and morning for the last three years. I have often wondered what has happened to my classmates in the Class of '33. ALBION EULBERG I married Mavan Bonde, from near Aberdeen, South Dakota, in Whittler, California, while I was in the service during World War II. We now live in Worland, Wyoming. Our family of four is scattered across the western part of the U.S. Marny is a doctor in Denver. Bonde, the oldest boy, is a forest ranger near Flagstaff, Arizona. Vicky lives here in Worland where her husband is an electrician and James, the youngest, is in the service at Ft. Huchuca, Arizona. ROLLIN EULBERG FAMILY by Rollin Eulberg I came to this county December 7, 1922. I believe this is a very healthy place to live. When I came here I was so weak I could not walk or feed myself. I weighed less than 8 pounds. Now 58 years later I weigh over 200. I don't remember too much of the first years, but in 1928 I started the first of eight ,years schooling at Cloverleaf grade school. In 1936 I started to Dupree High. I went until November then terminated formal education. The next three years I worked in Oklahoma during harvest, plowing and seeding winter wheat. In 1940 I worked in Rapid City for a transfer company, then came back to Ziebach County and worked for the Tri County SCS, and started to farm on my own. In 1944 I got an invitation from Uncle Sam. Two years later I came back and started farming again. I also learned to fly and operated a flying service for 23 years. A couple of memorable years in that business were 1949 and 1952. I should have kept a diary of those years, it would be interesting now. I was flying from Newell to Dupree January 17, 1949 when I spotted a SOS in the snow. The man seemed pretty excited so I landed and he wanted to go to Faith. He said he was a mail carrier and had got stuck in a snow bank. When we flew over his car, all we could see was the top. I guess he was stuck. Reading the Faith Independent 30 years later I found out the man's name was Ed Kavorik. One day I took a man down to Cherry Creek, there was a pretty bad ground blizzard. On the way back to Dupree I spotted something near the Cherry Creek trail. It turned out to be a couple of young fellows that were walking home. I think they were glad to see me, although I did have a little trouble finding them after I landed. I hauled everything in those machines those years that could be put in or tied onto, from cow cake to calves, kerosene (no REA then), food, tobacco, mail and even somebody to go over to visit the neighbor. In 1949 I worked for Western Farm Management part time. Oscar Markwed and I flew almost every day to one of their cattle camps. It was the only way that some camps could be reached. One day I took mail and some groceries out to Selmar Anderson, but I was in a hurry, so just dropped them in front of his house. The sack landed in a tree -- I guess he almost chopped the tree down before he got the sack. The thing that amazed the old timers the most about an airplane is that it only took five or ten minutes to go as far as a horse could go in a hard day of riding. In 1955 I bought a place owned by Charlie Leach. The homestead was Chauncy Johnson's claim. The claim shack still stands on the place. It was the first frame building built in Ziebach County. Chauncy moved it from its original site to where it is now, with a couple of issue wagons and two 4 horse teams. Frances Marple was born March 22, 1938 at her parents home (William Marple and Florence O'Donnel Marple)8 miles southwest of Dupree. She attended 8 years grade school at the Whittler School and 4 years high school at Dupree, graduating in 1956. She was employed at the Ziebach County ASCS office in Dupree from 1956 until April 1961. On April 29, 1961 she became Mrs. Rollin Eulberg. After a 3% week honeymoon to the west coast, we made our home on the ranch 121/2 miles northeast of Dupree. In 1972, we moved into Dupree and now live in a house formerly owned by Joe and Lorna Heimer. We have 8 children. Mary the oldest was born June 3, 1962. She is now attending North Dakota University, majoring in Aeronautical Sciences. R. Dean was born December 30, 1963 and is now a senior at Dupree High. Robert was born January 20, 1965 and is a junior at Dupree High. John was born January 28, 1966 and is a sophomore at Dupree. Jeanine was born September 8, 1967 and is a freshman at Dupree High; Jeffrey was born May 1, 1969 and is in the 7th grade; Susan was born August 19, 1970 and is in the 6th grade; Diane was born January 7, 1972 and is in the 4th grade. EWING and LANGLOIS by Mable Ross (1960) Joseph Langlois, a Frenchman, well educated and an old timer on the reservation, who had been a scout with Custer in Kansas, married Zoeie Kensler, 1/4 Indian, 1/4 German and 1/2 French. His daughter, Louise, married Quill Ewing, one of the early cowhands and wagon boss for Narcisse Narcelle. Eb Jones married one of the Langlois daughters, JoAnna; Jim Herald married another and Babe LaPlante the fourth sister. Henry, Ed and Louis Langlois were sons of Joseph Langlois. Bill Ewing and Irene were children born to Louise and Quill Ewing. Bill is one of our youngest cowboys, having ridden for several of the outfits in the eastern section of the reservation. The Ewing Ranch was on Bear Creek about three miles east of Dupree. Bill Ewing own(ed) a fine ranch near White Horse. [photo - Quill Ewing home northeast of Dupree] HARRY FAIRBANKS FAMILY Harry Fairbanks was born near Geddes, South Dakota in 1907 and moved to the Maurine country in 1909. He grew up in that area and in 1934 was married to Dorothy Schetnan of Dupree. They herded sheep in the Maurine area for a while, then Harry worked in a garage there and Dorothy worked in the postoffice. In 1941 they moved to a ranch northwest of Dupree where they lived until 1953 when they moved into Dupree and Harry operated a garage until his retirement. Dorothy worked in Hickenbotham Store and later for the Dupree Insurance Agency. Harry passed away in 1979 and Dorothy retired that fall and moved to Sturgis, South Dakota. Harry Lewis Fairbanks married Lorraine Scott and they have three children, Jane, Lori and Sheila. They live in Sturgis and own the Northern Hills Printing Company in Spearfish which they operate. Donald married Sally Hemen and lives in Rapid City where they are both employed. They have two children, Walter and Dawn. Kenneth is married to Bonnie Seymour and lives in Sturgis. They have three children, Michael, Kelli and Terri. Joan married Jack Seymour who is employed at the Vo-tech School at Sturgis. They have two children, John and Kathy. Joyce married Dale (Bud) Stapert and lives near Midland. They have three children, Bryan, Darla and Jeffrey. LAURENCE FAIRBANKS FAMILY Laurence Fairbanks was born near Geddes, South Dakota in 1904 and moved to Dunnebeck near Maurine in 1909. He grew up in this area working on ranches and then carried mail from Faith to Newell when it took a day each way. In 1935 he married Lucille Kincaid who had grown up in Faith. Her parents had lived in the Faith area since about 1910, her father, Jim Kincaid, having worked for the Diamond A Cattle Company before his marriage. Lucille attended one year at Spearfish Normal after her graduation from Faith High in 1933. She taught the Bachman School in Ziebach County in 1935. In 1938 they moved to Sturgis where they lived until 1942, Laurence working on the state highway. In 1942 they moved back to Faith where they lived until 1952, moving then to the former Elmer Brammer farm northwest of Dupree with their three children. Here they lived for six years. Lucille taught the Lone Tree School for three years. Many Sundays it was not uncommon for twenty to thirty people to gather at their home with the Elliot Rickels, Robert Mackenzies, E. L. Schetnan and other relatives. In 1958 the family moved into Dupree where Lucille worked as deputy in the county auditor's office and Laurence did custom farm work. Later he managed the Dupree Liquor Store until his retirement in 1973. He passed away in 1975. Lucille worked for the county as clerk of courts for two years and later as county auditor. Their daughter Laurayne married Oscar Frankfurth and now lives in Aberdeen where he works as mechanic for the State Highway Department and Laurayne is bookkeeper for Cargill Elevator. They have six children and one grandchild. Larry is married and lives in Pierre where he works for the state highway crew. He has two children, John and Lynda. Iverne married James R. Holloway, who is a brand inspector at Faith. She operates a beauty shop out of her home. They have one daughter, Glenda. CLINTON and JEAN (MILLER) FARLEE by Jean Farlee My father, Lewis (Cully) Miller and my mother, Margaret Evelyn Miller, were married on September 20, 1933 at Dupree, South Dakota. My mother was born August 29, 1913 at Council Bluffs, Iowa. She was the daughter of Jesse Nelson Miller and Margaret Mae Maines, who came to Ziebach County in 1910. My folks lived in Ziebach County all of their married life except for about a year when they lived near Lead, South Dakota. They bought the Ben Henderson place in 1943. It was 9 miles south of Dupree on the Cherry Creek Road. Their 8 children were all born in Dupree. They were Inez Lavonne, born August 22, 1934 and died August 25, 1934; Lewis Tolvstad (Lewie), born July 17, 1935; Eliza Jane (Lit), born December 19, 1936; Margaret Mae (Maggie), born February 24, 1938; Robert Clark (Bob), born June 28, 1939; Gerald Lee (Jerry), born April 5, 1941; Donald Dean (Donnie), born January 24, 1944; and myself, Jean Ileen, born December 17, 1946. We all went to the White Swan School, which was about a quarter of a mile from our place. I went to school with Diermiers, Millers, Birkelands, Fields, and Herrens. My teachers were Bertha Schuh, Merle Beebe, Trula Fields, Betty Heckel, Esther Hemen and Faye Longbrake. We always had a dance every fall at school, and at Christmas time we had a Christmas program. We went to Dupree for the County Y.C.L. Conventions in the spring. The spelling contest and exhibit day was also held then. I was a delegate from Ziebach County to the State Y.C.L. Convention at Pierre in 1960. It was quite an experience for me. We stayed at the St. Charles Hotel and our meetings were held in the Senate Chambers at the State Capitol Building. Lewie, Maggie and Jerry were also delegates when they were 8th graders. We all attended high school in Dupree. Sometimes we stayed in town, and sometimes drove back and forth. My dad died July 17, 1961. Our house burned down in October of the same year. We moved to town for the winter. My mother bought a trailer house and we moved back out in the spring. We moved it over on the creek about a mile east of where we had lived. I married Clinton Farlee May 28, 1962. We had 5 children. Kent James was born August 8, 1963; Shelley Marie was born November 1, 1964; twins, Kristy Rae and Kathy Kay were born October 14, 1973. Kristy Rae died the same day; and Shane Clinton was born November 1, 1975. We lived in El Paso, Texas for over a year while Clint was in the army. We bought the home place from my mother. Clinton is one of five sons of Don and Tina (Stambach) Farlee; Rick who lost his life in World War II; Keith, rural Lantry; Donald, Dupree; Bob, Lantry. All attended Lantry grade school. Clint, Don, and Bob were Dupree High graduates. Keith graduated from Eagle Butte. Clint is serving his second term as Ziebach County Commissioner from District #3. FLORENCE FIELDER Florence Fielder was born in Bloomington, Illinois in about 1864. Miss Fielder came to Ziebach County with her parents, her brother, Napoleon Fielder, and either a sister or a cousin named Vinnie Fielder in about 1911. They homesteaded 10 miles southeast of Dupree. Her parents returned to Illinois after proving up on their claim. Evidently she had proved up on a claim of her own and must have taken over her parents claim also. She lived on the claim and did some farming for a number of years. In the early 1930's she moved one of the houses to Dupree on lot 3, block 36. She lived there a number of years, renting a couple of rooms to high school students. In February of 1944 she moved to Vancouver, Washington and died there in May of 1944. In looking through the old Progress papers, we find that in 1940 a cousin of Miss Fielder's, a Russell Fielder, had been here to visit. It has been told that Miss Fielder was a Christian Science healer and that she had played a part in the recovery of some neighborhood children who had been seriously ill. Miss Fielder's parents died some years before she did and her brother, Napoleon, who was a railroad carpenter, was killed in Wakpala about in 1915 or 1916. Her old claim became a part of the Fred Miller ranch and is still in the Miller family. The house she had left in the country became the first home of Delbert and Eva Miller and the one she moved to Dupree was torn down and the George Vanderview's home is on the site. W. H. FISCHER Mr. and Mrs. Fischer came to Ziebach County in the fall of 1910 and settled on their homestead seven miles south of Eagle Butte. They came by train to Isabel and then to Dupree by car. Mr. Fischer farmed and also taught school and worked in a lumber yard. He recalled one of the most unusual experiences was in 1915 when he was flooded out of Ziebach County. DAVID and IDA FLAIG Ida B. Hirsch married David B. Flaig on November 1, 1925 at Baker, Montana. They lived in Bismarck, North Dakota before moving to Aberdeen, South Dakota in 1926. They lived in Hazen, North Dakota from 1928 to 1929. They moved to Isabel, South Dakota in 1929, living there until they moved to Greeley, Colorado in 1931. They returned to Isabel in 1933 where they lived until 1952 at which time they moved to Rapid City, South Dakota. The couple had three sons: Harold of Rapid City, Milton of Henderson, Nevada, and David Jr. of Flint, Michigan; four daughters: Mrs. Elmer (Sylvia) Bertsch of Spearfish, Mrs. Elmer (Vivian) Bren of Rapid City, Mrs. Robert (Gall) Johnson of Aberdeen, Idaho and Mrs. John (Donna) Henschen of Baltimore, Maryland. Mrs. Flaig died in Rapid City in August, 1981. Mr. Flaig still resides in Rapid City. THE FLICKS by Verna (Miller) Flick Claus and Mary Flick, with their three sons, Lewis, Albert and Art moved to Ziebach County in 1921. Mr. Flick purchased 480 acres south of Dupree in 1920 and later in 1921 or 1922 - 160 acres. Bill Flick lived on the place one year then moved to Iowa. Emil Flick moved on the place in 1923 to 1927. The Flick family moved back to Scotland, South Dakota to their old home place in 1924 and back to Dupree in 1925. Lewis attended school in Dupree in 1922 to 1924. Then went to work for Krikac and Avie Geesey Lange General Store. Albert and Art attended school in Dupree also. Lewis went to Texas in December, 1928. Albert left soon after. Art married Verna Miller in 1932. Their four daughters were born there. Dawn, Mary, Virginia and Lorna. Claus Flicks left Dupree in 1934 and moved to Scotland. The Art Flicks left there in 1941. I understand while Claus Flicks lived at Dupree he planted trees and made a park known as Flick Park. MR. and MRS. FLOYD FRAME Floyd Frame was born in Woodstock, Illinois in 1890. In 1910 he came with his parents to their homestead, at what was to become Faith, South Dakota. Laura Bolander was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1891. She lived in Nebraska and eastern South Dakota, in the Centerville area, until her father died when she was 12 years old. Her mother responded to the challenge of a new life west of the Missouri River and they moved to a homestead at Cottonwood, South Dakota. Their claim was where the trails from Chamberlain and Pierre came together. Her family earned their living by providing food and lodging for travelers and their horses on their way to the Black Hills. They later homesteaded at Opal, South Dakota. It was from there that in 1911, young Laura rode horseback 28 miles to Faith to find a job. Sederstrom's Cafe needed a waitress and Laura was hired. In 1911 Floyd Frame was working at Ed Duell's livery barn at Faith and he ate some of his meals in Sederstrom's Cafe where Laura worked. The couple met there and were married in 1913 in the Geesey house in Dupree. Floyd Frame homesteaded south of Dupree in 1918 adjacent to where the Pete Longbrake's now live. The Staple M Ranch with headquarters 3% miles northwest of Frame's homestead went broke in the winter of 1919-1920 when they lost 1700 head of cattle in a series of vicious winter storms. The Frame's bought that place and lived there from 1924 until 1943 when they moved to a farm near Lansford, North Dakota. In 1972 they retired in the town of Lansford, North Dakota. Laura Frame passed away July 12, 1981. Floyd is still residing at their home in Lansford. The Floyd Frame's had five children. Thomas Edson was born May 2, 1916. Thomas attended grade school at White Swan School. He stayed with his grandmother, Myrtle Frame, and attended high school in Woodstock, Illinois. Thomas worked in the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Black Hills for three years 1936-1939. He then attended the South Dakota School of Mines in Rapid City. He graduated with a B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1943. He served 2 years in the U.S. Navy. In June 1946 he was employed as Senior Engineer, Westinghouse Electric Corp., Baltimore, Maryland. Most of the work was in the Electronics Division in communications. In 1974-75 he worked on the television cameras for the Apollo-Soyez Test Program, (Russian-American space project). Thomas is holder of two U.S. patents. Thomas married Vivian Thurn, July 26, 1944, in Ithaca, New York. Vivian was from the Black Hills area. They met while attending the School of Mines. Thomas and Vivian had four children. Elaine, born September 22, 1945, married Ed McLaughlin in December 1966. Jennifer McLaughlin was born to Elaine and Ed, August 11, 1972. Mark Frame was born September 26, 1947. He married Carla Briggs in May 1972. Lynn Frame was born March 8, 1954. Jan Frame was born June 22, 1955. She married Alan Seabaugh in June, 1979. Thomas Frame passed away in August, 1979 at his home in Virginia. Vivian is still living there. Wallace Frame was born June 14, 1917, attended White Swan rural school and high school in Faith, graduating in 1934. He joined the navy to see the world in 1937, and see the world he did. He made many trips to the Orient. He was stationed at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked December 7, 1941, but was out on maneuvers at the time. His family was deeply concerned for his welfare until they finally heard from him. He saw a lot of action in World War II. He became involved with the space program while he was still in the navy and has continued this work since he retired in 1950. He is at present a Project Engineer for Titan Programs which deals with the launching of space satellites, including the recent Jupiter and Saturn probe. Wallace and his wife, Myrtice, live in Sunnyvale, California. He has three children, Larry, Laura Sue and Brenda. Carol Frame, born December 25, 1918, attended White Swan rural school and high school in Faith. She attended college in Spearfish and obtained a teaching certificate in 1936 and began teaching. She married Kenneth Johnson, November 21, 1940. Carol and Kenneth have resided on a ranch 18 miles southeast of Faith since 1943. James Frame was born April 15, 1921. He attended White Swan rural school and graduated from Faith High School in 1940. He stayed with his grandmother in Woodstock, Illinois one year to attend high school. He was married to Thelma Johnson, October 19, 1941. Maurice Frame was born July 27, 1929. He attended the White Swan rural school through the sixth grade. Since the White Swan School was closed the following year, he attended the Dupree School and graduated from there in 1947. Maurice worked in the Dupree area for a time, then joined his parents on the farm near Lansford, North Dakota. He served two years with the Army in Korea during the Korean War, then returned to North Dakota to work on the farm. He married Jane Mosher from Willow Lake, North Dakota, in 1959. Maurice and Jane have six children, Morrey, Kyle, Neil, Bryce, Dawn, and Cheryl. They have continued to operate the farm since the Floyd Frames retired in 1972 and moved into the town of Lansford, North Dakota. [photo - Floyd and Laura Frame at their 60th Wedding Anniversary Celebration, 1973. Maurice, Wallace, Jim, Tom and Carol.] [photo - Grandma Bolander, Jim, Tom, Wallace and Carol Frame by Frame's home in 1923] JIM and THELMA FRAME Jim Frame grew up on a ranch on Rattlesnake Creek 23 miles southwest of Dupree. Life on the prairie was harsh before the coming of electricity, telephones and good roads. Children worked hard, assuming a lot of responsibility at an early age. According to Jim's parents, he was able to fix every piece of machinery on the place before he was of high school age. Grandma Bolander, Laura Frame's mother, made her home at Frame's and the loving deeds of this kind, gentle person are among Jim's best childhood memories. Schoolhouse dances, with music furnished by neighborhood musicians, are fondly remembered by young people growing up through the 1930's. Jim would ride horseback many miles to attend. Young people along the way would join in so that by the time they reached the dance there would be quite a group of merrymakers. All of the children, except Maurice attended White Swan School through the 8th grade. Maurice finished school in Dupree when White Swan closed in 1941 for a few years. Other families whose children attended this school were: Giles and John Brownwolf, Dick and Ed Swan, Thunder Hoops, Charging Eagle, Red Horse, Tom Bolander, Jim Bowling, Thede Lafferty, the Sharpe children, Carl Christersen's, and in later years, the children of Fehrman Ohnemus and Delbert Longbrake. My parents, Kate and Chester Johnson, lived on a ranch on Mud Creek, 18 miles southeast of Faith. Daniel, Gertrude, Kenneth, Jim and Thelma Frame, Jerry, Jimmy, Gary. and I attended the Mud Butte School through the 8th grade. The younger children, Russell, Ethel and Beverly also attended this school but finished elsewhere. Other families whose children attended were: Jess Overacker, Hank Martens, Martha Miller, Albert Fish, B. Lee Crane, Raymond Rider, and Carl Johnson. "Drought" and "Depression" were hard facts of my childhood, yet we never felt deprived. Those conditions probably brought people closer together in a spirit of sharing. Neighbors gathered to play cards, dance, for ball games, picnic and to make music. Jim and I graduated from Faith High School in 1940. We were married October 19, 1941. Jim's parents, Floyd and Laura Frame, moved to Lansford, North Dakota in December of 1943. We went to live on their ranch on Rattlesnake Creek and stayed until the place was sold to the Chicago Cattle Company in 1945. Our first winter on the ranch is clearly etched in our memories. In the night of January 26, 1944, a howling blizzard struck and took three days to vent its fury. The ground, previously bare, was now covered with two feet of snow. Normal travel was impossible until the snow melted in the middle of April. Jim's uncle, Louis Bolander, came unexpectedly the night the storm struck. His help with the livestock was needed and really appreciated for the next several weeks. Aside from being lonely, we didn't really suffer as we had a good supply of wood and food. We did, however, run out of kerosene for the lamps. We improvised by burning tallow with a cloth for a wick until Jim fixed a windcharger. A windcharger was a device for using the wind to charge batteries. Jim's dad had bought an old one with a broken propeller at a sale. Jim took a generator and battery from a car, mounted the generator on the windcharger head. He carved a propeller Out of a 2 x 6 board and PRESTO! We had electric lights. We moved to Dupree the day after Christmas, 1945 and this has been our home since then. Jim went into Soil Conservation Construction in partnership with Art Engel in 1953. He bought Engel's share of the business in 1954 and is still doing business as "Frame Construction". I taught school two and a half years and worked at the Post Office in Dupree 31 years prior to retirement on July 10, 1981. We have three sons: Gerald presently lives in Whitewood, South Dakota with his wife, Phyllis (Red Bird) and their three children, Phillip, Tracie, and Shelby. He owns and operates a transmission repair shop. After graduation from DHS in 1962 he attended the South Dakota School of Mines. He was in the military service, spending time in Korea and Virginia. He returned to Dupree after his discharge from the service and worked for Lantry Garage, owned the Phillip's 66 Station, and operated a transmission repair shop before moving to Whitewood in September, 1980. Gary, a 1962 DHS graduate, lives in Reseda, California with his wife, Marsha (Coleman, '64 DHS grad.) and daughters, Amy and Marina. After he was married in 1965, he attended school in Minneapolis for two years and then joined the Naval Air Reserve which took them to California. He attended night school for 5 years to get a degree in electronic engineering. He has been involved in many interesting research projects in this field. Jimmy and his wife, Barbara, live in St. Paul, Minnesota, where they both work for Northwestern Bell. After graduation from DHS in 1964, he attended school in Moscow, Idaho, Brookings, South Dakota and Aberdeen, South Dakota. His son, Trygve, lives in Seattle, Washington with his mother. Jim's military service was in New Jersey and Vietnam. He began working for "Ma Bell" right after his discharge from the Army. [photo - Jim and Thelma Frame, Jerry, Jimmy, Gary] JOHN H. FRANCIS John H. Francis came to Ziebach County in May 1910 and settled 6 miles southeast of Dupree. He worked in the Lantry elevator and served in World War I. In November, 1919, Mr. Francis was united in marriage to Clara Hoverson at Janesville, Minnesota. One of the experiences Mr. Francis remembers from the early days was a garden which he planted in May 1911 that came up after the rain in September. From 1935 to 1952, Mr. Francis served as Postmaster in Dupree. The Francis' were active members of the Congregational Church and American Legion and Auxiliary. They retired in Phoenix where John at 93 is still active. FREDERICKSEN—DOMINA Harvey Fredericksen and Shirley Domina were married at Ft. Pierre in 1939. They both were residents of the Glad Valley area in northern Ziebach County. For a time after their marriage he was employed by Ed and Agnes Presslar on their ranch near Thunder Butte Station. Later they ranched in the Glad Valley area until 1944. Harvey entered the army and served in World War II in Europe. After his return, he worked for the State Highway Department for many years at Glad Valley. Later he was transferred to Edgemont, Pierre and Rapid City. He retired in late 1980 after nearly thirty-three years with the State Highway Department. Harvey and Shirley live near Black Hawk, South Dakota. Their only son, Marvyn, lives in Pierre with his family. GLEN and NORA FRENCH FAMILY by Nora Lafferty French Glen French and I (Nora Lafferty) were married January 5, 1922 at the home of Gifford Lafferty in Dupree. The Barnes store had burned the night before, January 4. It was 30 degrees below zero and there was several feet of snow on the ground. Effie Margaret Pollard and George T. Hall were our attendants. I came to Dupree the spring of 1916 and my dad homesteaded in the White Swan area. My first teacher in Dupree was Birdie Geesey. Others were Augusta Jeffries, Nellie Hopkins, Miss Mangan, Prof. Kraskin and others in the old white building. I rode horseback seven miles to school and missed very few days. Glen worked for the Jeff Carr Ranch on the Cheyenne River our first winter. We lived around Dupree the first year, then moved to the Chase Community, and Lucille was born on the old Babe LaPlante place. Evelyn and Glen, Jr. were born on the Pennington place at Chase. Both were home deliveries with Dr. Creamer in attendance. Then Virginia and Jack were born in the Dupree Hospital at Dupree, again with Dr. Creamer and also Pearl Jewett. Our good neighbors in the Chase community were Ben and Harvey Henderson families, Jennerson, Henry Meier, Ohnemus family and others. Hendersons played for country and schoolhouse dances and we usually all traveled together. Such wonderful times! From Chase we moved to Cherry Creek area in 1928, leasing the Four Hand place. There our closest neighbors were Jeffries, Serres, Bennetts, Fletch and Lee, and what good friends they all were. In March of 1929 Glen became very ill. There was mud in the whole area, hub deep, as we had a very hard, cold winter with lots of snow. I was pregnant but had to get help. The creeks were flooded so I saddled a horse and rode seven miles and called across the creek to the Hensley and Starr Ranch. They heard me and said they would be over as quickly as they could on horseback, as it was impossible any other way. Leo and Ralph got to the ranch about 2 p.m. Glen was unconscious and we thought he was dying. Leo said he would go to the Meier and Ohnemus ranch for more help and get a buckboard and more horses and we would try to get him to Pierre. That took a day and when they all got there, we decided we couldn't move him in the cold, that it was hopeless. The next day about 10 a.m. he came to and just relaxed and went back to sleep. He turned green and just slept. We finally got him to Dr. Creamer and he couldn't understand how he could still be alive as we were sure his appendix had ruptured. Anyway, it was over a year before he was completely well again. Again, later in the year, he was going to the Meier-Ohnemus ranch to get a butcher hog. It had been raining again so he was again going with team and wagon. He met Walt about a half mile from Cherry Creek and asked about the creek. Walt said he had just ridden across it, and was swimming the horse, but it was O.K. When Glen drove his team in, he soon learned the creek had risen. The team was drowned and just by a thread, he managed to crawl out by tree roots and make it to the house, where he passed out. Then in August of 1929, we had a terrible prairie fire that burned east of the Cherry Creek road, from just south of the reservation fence to the Cheyenne River, with us in the center. We lost all our hay, equipment, and most of our grass. Then in October the big crash! What a year! Then the CBC took over the reservation leases, so we had to find a new location, and we moved to the old Tony Rivers Ranch north of the Moreau River on Red Earth Creek. That was another year of severe drought but we made it by hauling a sled of cake every other day from Isabel with over 60 inches of snow on the flat. We fed eight pounds of cake per head per day and cotton brush and rotten straw, but we wintered well. Then we had dry year after dry year, plus grasshoppers. In 1934 we sold down to 200 head of cows. Again we wintered on cake and grass and it was scarce and short. In 1935 we had some moisture, then in 1936 it was very dry and we shipped our cattle to Brookings and Flandreau to be wintered, giving one calf out of every three. In the spring, we shipped back to Isabel and continued struggling. Prices were low and times were hard. We went into sheep in the 40's and managed to pay out, but lots of headaches and hard work. Also in the 40's we got into raising quarter horses by accident. One day a gentleman from Oklahoma drove in and tried to lease our ranch for oil. In visiting he asked where we had gotten that band of good quarter horse mares. We said we had raised them. He wanted to go look and when he had looked them over, he said we'd better get them registered. He said they would all have to be inspected for appendix registry, then tentative and after their foals had passed inspection, they would go permanent. So we bought our first registered stallion and we are still in the quarter horse business, with horses in many states and Canada, and satisfied customers, and have made so many wonderful friends. After several years, 33 in fact, at Isabel, we sold the ranch and moved to Newell in 1966. Then in 1979, Glen, age 80, and I, age 75, sold the little ranch at Newell and bought 1/2 acre at Evergreen Valley, eight miles west of Rapid City on Highway 44. Our lives have been tough, with many ups and downs -- but it's been worth every minute -- hard times from depression, drought, grasshoppers, we have seen them all. But there is such pride and love in my heart when I can ride to a hill top, breathe the clean air, see the blue sky, the beautiful hills and prairie, and remember the good times and the good friends, that I bow my head and thank the good Lord for our blessings. [photo - Sheep shearing on Glen French ONO Sheep Ranch] [photo - Glen French ONO Sheep Ranch] [photo - Glen and Nora French, 1979] WILLIAM FUHRER FAMILY William Fuhrer married Christine Sprenger on December 13, 1928 at Eureka, South Dakota. They lived at Eureka for a short time. Then they moved to Dupree and lived southeast of Dupree. Their daughter, Wilma, was born in June of 1931 at Dupree. Dr. Creamer was the Doctor and Pearl Jewett was the nurse. In 1934 they moved north of Dupree on the former Curtis place along Highway 65. They farmed and raised cattle. It was very dry. William worked on WPA to help keep the family going. Their second daughter, Elsie, was born in May of 1940. Dr. Creamer was also the Doctor at that time and Pearl Jewett the nurse. In the 40's and 50's the years were good and there was plenty of rain. In the summer of 1952 they built a new house in Dupree and moved into town in the fall of 1952. William did odd jobs, electric wiring, and worked for the county for a while. Christine worked at the Dupree Hotel for the Bill Ochsner's. William died in May of 1957. Christine remarried in 1961 to Albert Fuhrer of Isabel. They lived in Dupree and Christine worked as a cook at the Dupree School. In 1962 they moved to Isabel. Albert passed away in 1965 and Christine moved back to Dupree. She went back to work as a cook and baker at the school and worked there for fifteen years. She retired in 1977 and lives in Dupree. She still does baking for people in her home. [photo - Christine and Bill Fuhrer] CHARLES M. and VERA (WINCE) FULLER We were married in 1928 and after eight years of farming and milking cows on the Wilbur Vance homestead, a mile and a half west of the Frank Fuller homestead, we started searching western South Dakota for a ranch site with creek and timber for stock shelter and bottom land for hay. Using the homestead soil topographical map given my father when he homesteaded, we found a section of deeded land along Red Coat Creek near Red Scaffold. A part of the land had natural drainage from three sides, centered so livestock would drift into shelter in a storm. There was unlimited room to expand so we bought it in 1936 and named it Red Coat Ranch. It was sold to Ralph and Lucille Freeman in 1949, and now belongs to Jack and Ann Freeman. The Fuller Farms, sold to the Schauer Brothers in 1969 included 27,000 acres of the land of early homesteaders as well as the Jack Ford spread northwest of Redelm. I would add that the initial land purchased on Red Coat Ranch was bought from Knox Sublette who was a son, I believe, of the famous "Mountain Man" Sublette who roamed the area trapping in earlier times. While I was in high school, a student by the name of Philip Carson, grandson of Kit Carson, also attended. His father, John Carson, was then agent at Thunder Butte Station. After high school graduation at Dupree and four years of college, I taught for one year. Vera and I ranched and farmed in Ziebach County until 1970 when we moved to Vermillion where we are now retired on a small farm near town. We fenced and built up three places in Ziebach County, and two places in Clay County where we now live. FRANK FULLER FAMILY by Esther Fuller Wince My parents, Frank and Lena Fuller, came from Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin to the end of the railroad at Isabel in September, 1910. They had an emigrant car filled with equipment and dreams of a new home in a new land. We camped in a tent before continuing the trip by covered wagon to our claim twelve miles southwest of Dupree. It wasn't long before the necessary buildings were built and the all important well dug. There were five children, Irene (Hegre), Charles, Robert, Arthur and Esther (Wince). In a few years Della (Hegre) and Bill completed our family. Our education began in the Robertson School. The teachers of those one room schools were real pioneers too, coming into a strange land to teach boys who were larger than the teacher in some instances! One of my grade school teachers was Everett Reynolds, now of Corvallis, Oregon. When more horse power was needed, Dad bought a small herd of wild horses and many Sundays were spent with some neighbors helping and the rest watching the early day sport of rodeo as the horses were subdued to saddle and harness. Entertainment was scarce so this was greatly enjoyed by young and old. Sickness was a dreaded reality and I was the victim of a ruptured appendix when I was nine. The journey was made by wagon, riding on a cot, to Dupree. Dad and I bearded the train to Mobridge where I spent the next nine weeks. Somewhere on the Fuller homestead, now owned by the Schauer brothers is a Black Hills Gold signet ring. The young doctor gave it to me because I recovered from his first surgery. When he asked if I wanted a doll, I told him I had dolls at home, I wanted a ring. He gave me his ring that he said was too small for him. I wore it even though it was too large and lost it picking up potatoes. So there's gold in one of those fields, Jake. If you ever find it, you will know the story. In general, everyone was healthy eating home grown vegetables and fruit, some wild and some tame. Dad experimented with crab apples, cherries and plums and was successful when the weather cooperated. Three of us graduated from Dupree High School and Charlie completed four years at South Dakota State University in Brookings. He taught one year in Beach, North Dakota. Dad worked in North Dakota to supplement the farm income. He held different offices in the County Court House. Boxes of clothing were sent by well-wishing relatives in Wisconsin, who no doubt felt sorry for us out in the wilderness. Clothing was remodeled to fit and passed on to the younger ones. We were taught economy because we lived it and the lessons we learned still apply. There was work for everyone but there were fun times too. We would go bob-sledding to the neighbors on cold, wintry nights for visiting and games. We had Sunday School and picnics at the schoolhouse. There were community 4th of July picnics on Redelm Creek. There were Thimble Bee gatherings and just neighborhood get togethers. Charlie and Arthur took over the farm in the late '20's when the folks went to Wisconsin. They soon returned to live in Redelm, Dupree and then Spearfish. My parents retired to Spearfish, South Dakota, in the 1940's where Dad could fish. He was involved in Spanish American War Veteran offices and State Commander. Mother passed away in Hot Springs Hospital in 1950, and Dad at the Soldier's Home in 1953. Brother Robert married Marine Sunderland and they moved to Los Angeles where he died in 1966, and Marine in 1972. Arthur married Lenora Schuchhardt, they moved near Aberdeen in the dry thirties. He passed away in 1950 and Lenora lives in Faith. Irene married Severin Hegre, an implement dealer in Dupree. He passed away in 1956 and after living in Faith for some time, Irene passed away in 1979. Della, born soon after our arrival on the homestead, is married to Ole Hegre and they have lived in Rapid City since World War II. Last in the family is William E., born in Dupree in 1918. He is married to the former Doris Goodwin, Isabel; they live in Albany, Georgia. I was married to Ross Wince and we lived in Idaho for a year but returned to South Dakota and bought the Lovelady place where we lived for thirty years. Some of those years getting our four children, Sherman, Gordon, Nyla and Donald, through school were quite a struggle. In the early 1950's the snow was very deep and I decided to spend a week in town with Gordon, Nyla and Donald. I drove a team and bobsled to the Fuller farm where Antone Zacher was caretaker during their absence. I caught a ride to Dupree, returned days later with Fred and Neta Nelsen, walked a mile and a half to Fullers. Antone hitched up the team but I hadn't gone more than a half mile when a blizzard struck. I managed to get back to the barn and spent the next three days with Charlie's hired man. We had a makeshift phone so Ross knew I was safe. Antone held the old adage as true, "It's an ill wind that blows no good.'' I baked pies and biscuits, he was willing to let me cook. That is an inkling of our pioneering days in the rural area. Sherman is now a retired Lieutenant Colonel and lives in Marina, California. He and his wife, Goldie, have four children and four grandchildren. Gordon and Carol (Bartelt), who now own the home place, have five children. Nyla and her husband, Charles Schad, have six children and two grandchildren. Donald and Charleen (Zephier) have six children. Ross passed away December 3, 1980. I am grateful for our 53 years together and that we spent the last twelve winters in Arizona. The survivors of this pioneer family are Della Hegre, Rapid City; Bill, Albany, Georgia; Charles, Vermillion, and Esther Wince, Spearfish, South Dakota. ORSON GAGE Orson Gage was born June 4, 1881 at Prophetstown, Illinois. He married Rosa J. Goff on February 21, 1906 at Oakland, Iowa. They farmed in Iowa before moving to Dupree in 1916, where they lived on a farm until 1945 when they moved in to Dupree. Mrs. Gage died May 8, 1947. Later he moved to Faith where he lived for several years before entering the Faith Nursing Home. Later he transferred to the Dorsett Home in Spearfish where he died in April, 1973. The Gage children are: Bessie, Ruby McMurray, George, Rex, and Lee. REX GAGE Rex Gage was born October 31, 1914 at Tingley, Iowa. He moved to Dupree at the age of two with his parents, and attended school at Dupree. He farmed in the Dupree area and served in the United States Army during World War II. Rex married Agnes Brokaw and the couple farmed in this area. In 1952 he operated a service station in St. Onge. From 1957 to 1970 he worked for the Gamble and Western Auto in Spearfish, and he worked for four years as a custodian at the Black Hills State College. He retired in 1977. He married Phoebe Sleep Weaver on May 18, 1964 at Spearfish. He was a member of the VFW at Spearfish and American Legion Post #164 at Spearfish. Rex died in September 1978. GEORGE E.GAMMON George (Pete) Gammon came to Ziebach County in the fall of 1917 and filed on a homestead 12 miles northwest of Dupree. He came by train to Isabel and forded the Moreau River in a 1914 Model T to get to Dupree. He served from 1918 to 1919 in World War I, returning to his claim when he was discharged. He built his shack on his claim and then was married that same fall. In 1920 he and his wife moved 9 miles southwest of Dupree where they resided until the death of Mrs. Gammon in 1946. At this time Pete moved to Dupree where he was an insurance salesman. The Gammons had one son who passed away in infancy. Mr. Gammon passed away in November 1956. THE LEE GARRETT STORY Lee Garrett was born July 23, 1916 in Ziebach County to Jack and Laura Garrett. He had two brothers, Carlin and Bill, who are still living and he has one deceased sister, Cleo. His parents homesteaded in Stanley County and later moved to Ziebach County near the Circle P Springs. Lee's mother was the daughter of Doug Carlin, who ran the store and post office at Carlin, South Dakota: Carlin was also a South Dakota State Senator. Lee married Ruth Hinzman in October, 1938. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Hinzman, had homesteaded in 1910 at a point seven miles south of Eagle Butte, South Dakota, in Ziebach County. After their house burned, they bought land two miles north of Eagle Butte and built a home there. Ruth has five living sisters and two deceased brothers. From the time of their marriage, Lee and Ruth have lived just one half mile east of the Circle P Springs, which they own. They have always raised cattle and are now retired. Until the new waterline was put in, the Circle P Springs was the source of drinking water for people on both sides of the Cheyenne River. People would come for many miles with tanks on their trucks and pick-ups to haul water and no one ever had to pay for it. The Garrett's have seen Highway #63 changed and the Cherry Creek Road paved; a new bridge has also been built across the Cheyenne River. For many years, Lee's brother, Carlin, and family, owned and operated a ranch four miles west of Lee's place. There was a country school where the children got their education. In 1956 Carlin sold his ranch and moved to California. Lee and Ruth have one daughter, Joy. She is married to Andy Fischer, whose parents lived north of Eagle Butte. Joy and Andy have three sons and they live about two miles east of her parents. Andy and his three sons are now leasing Lee's land and are operating the ranch. HENRY (SHORTY) and ELIZABETH (PICKER) GAWENIT Henry or Andre Gawenit, or Shorty, as most people knew him, was raised by his uncle in England. Shorty married Elizabeth Picker Brooks, daughter of Wilhelm and Elisabeth Picker. She had one daughter, Ruth Brooks, by a former marriage. Other children were Freda, Albert, Andrew and Ida. They lived near Milesville, South Dakota before moving to Ziebach County about 1924 or 1925. Ruth Brooks worked for the Frank Bednar family and went to Dupree High School. Freda, Albert, Andrew and Ida went to the Lone Tree School and the family lived with Mrs. Picker and Albert and Herman. They drove a horse and buggy to school 41/2 miles. Later the children went to the Main School. The family moved to a farm two miles south of the Picker farm and they farmed there until 1928 when they built up a homestead about four miles north and west of there. Freda attended Dupree High School and graduated in 1932. Albert, Andrew and Ida attended High Point School. During the 30's the family left to find work on the west coast. Shorty passed away in 1950 and Elizabeth in 1958. Ruth Brooks married Otto Rosenau. She now lives at Raymond, South Dakota. Freda now lives in Culver City, California. Albert lives in Newark, California. Andrew lives at Moses Lake, Washington. Ida married Gerald Fine and lives at La Grande, Oregon. JOSEPH GEBHART by Joseph Gebhart I came to Ziebach County with my parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gebhart, from Stratford, South Dakota, where I was born April 19, 1910. We came west in 1914 and settled in the northwest corner of Ziebach County. I lived there until 1959. I have five brothers and two sisters, all living. My dad was born in Germany and came to the U.S. when he was fourteen years old, all by himself. My mother was born in Wisconsin and she and her parents moved to Minnesota, where she lived until she married my father. She was the oldest of nine children, so it fell to her to help in the fields with the plowing and cultivating, which was done with machinery and horses and they had to walk behind. I attended the Butte View School for a couple of years and had four miles to go. Then they built a schoolhouse about a mile from our place where I, and my brothers and sisters, went to school. I finished the eighth grade, as did the rest of them. Our house was a two room house at first. Just a tar-paper shack with a box car roof. Then later on dad built two rooms on the north so we had two bedrooms. It was heated with a coal stove that was taken down in the spring and set up again in the fall. My dad was a plasterer and mason and went all over to do jobs. I remember one time he went way over to Lantry to plaster a schoolhouse. He was gone three weeks. In the early days they had to pay cash for groceries. There was no charging. I remember my dad sat and tried for three days to churn butter to take to town to buy a few groceries but the butter never came, so no groceries. We used to raise garden produce and potatoes. Some times there was not enough so potatoes and cabbage had to be bought. I remember when we used to go around the neighborhood shock threshing. It was hard work but we used to have fun. The women used to feed us good and when we worked hard we were hungry at meal time. When we traveled anywhere in the early days it was with horses and buggy or wagon. The grain had to be hauled to Isabel with four horses on a triple box wagon and the coal was hauled about 20 miles with four horses on a wagon. My dad finally bought a used Model T which he used to go to town in the summer but in winter it was jacked up on blocks and left in the shed. My dad died in 1932, just before the dirty thirties hit. We managed to hang on to the farm and after the war I bought more land and increased the farm from 480 to about 3500 acres. My mother died in 1950 and I got the farm from her. I married Wilma Hatle and we lived on the farm for nearly fifteen years after that. I lived there from 1914. We now live in Spearfish. ORIN S. GEESEY FAMILY JOHN A. GEESEY FAMILY by Forrest Geesey My grandparents were Mr. and Mrs. Orin S. Geesey and Mr. and Mrs. James Madison Pidcock. My parents were John Adam and Minnie Belle Pidcock Geesey. The Geeseys were born at Myrtle, Minnesota and the Pidcocks were born at Clyde, Missouri. They came to Ziebach County in 1910. The Geeseys came to LeBeau by train. Both the Pidcocks and my father, John Adam Geesey, came to LeBeau in an immigrant car on the railroad. The Geeseys arrived in Ziebach County by automobile (an air- cooled Franklin). The Pidcocks came from LeBeau by covered wagon, which was a three day trip. They were all homesteaders. The Geesey claims were 2 1/2 miles southeast of Dupree; the Pidcocks claim was 6 miles southwest of town. The Pidcocks farmed their original claim and later moved 12 miles northwest of Dupree. He worked part-time as a butcher in Dupree and later served as county commissioner for several years. The Grin S. Geeseys lived in Dupree. My father, John Adam Geesey, ran a livery stable and stage line to the railroad, in partnership with Hayes Milton, then ranched several years, 21 miles south of town. He later farmed 2 1/2 miles southeast of Dupree. The buildings are all gone except the O. S. Geesey home in Dupree and the farmhouse 2 1/2 miles southeast of town. The Geesey home in Dupree was built and lived in by a man named Schroeder. The original Pidcock home was a sod house. They were all built in 1910 or 1911. I remember all four of my grandparents and two of my great- grandfathers. My parents, John Adam Geesey and Minnie Belle Pidcock, were married in Dupree on July 3, 1911, and their marriage license is number five in Ziebach County. They moved from the farm to Pierre in 1927 and then moved to Texas in 1928. We lived in Dallas, Texas until 1929 when we moved to Greenville, Texas. I, Forrest Eugene Geesey, was born August 14, 1912; Luada Belle Geesey Burnett was born October 31, 1915; and Carol Avelyn Geesey Jaco was born December 23, 1918. We were all born in Dupree and delivered by Dr. Creamer. We now all live in Greenville, Texas. Both of my sisters are widows and are retired. Our mother is still living and is in excellent health. I have two daughters and five grandchildren; Luada has a daughter and a son and eight grandchildren; Carol has one son and three daughters and thirteen grandchildren. I continue to run the business, Burial Vault Company, that my father established here in 1928. He passed away in 1976 at the age of 87. He was active in the business until his death. I attended the Dupree School from the first to the eighth grade. I attended Pierre High School for one year, one sErnester at Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, Texas and graduated from Greenville, Texas High School in 1932. My transportation to all of these schools was walking. About my studies -- I didn't do any more than was required. I played baseball and football in Texas. I played on a football team here in Greenville that was not defeated until the semi-finals in the state race. Some of my teachers were very efficient, but some of them were duds. In all of the schools I attended, my classmates as a whole, were the world's nicest people. I don't know how our homes in Ziebach County were built but they were heated by lignite coal. I married Katie Mae Smithers, a native of Greenville Texas, in 1936 and am still happily married to her. I have relatives scattered all over the western part of the United States, most of whom have lived in Ziebach County, and whose addresses I do not know. John Geesey had the privilege of voting in the first general election to organize Ziebach County. He served as deputy sheriff and was a charter member of the Masonic Lodge 171, organized in Dupree in 1911. THE GLADSTONES by Lyn Gladstone In 1910 Frank Gladstone and Mable H. Scott of Cooperstown, North Dakota, went by train to Timber Lake, South Dakota where they filed on homesteads southeast of Dupree, in Ziebach County. He was born September 15, 1878 at Andes, New York, to George Kyle and Jane Liddle Gladstone and attended high school there. He served with the 1st New York Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish-American War, then entered law school in the Union University, Albany, New York where he graduated and was admitted to the New York bar in 1902. He then entered the real estate and law business at Cooperstown, where he served as states attorney of Griggs County. Mable was born March 18, 1886 at Medelia, Minnesota to Carl and Vidia Rygh Scott. She attended school there and at Cooperstown, and was a graduate of the McPhail School of Music in Minnesota. The couple was married December 26, 1910, moving to their homestead southeast of Dupree the following year. About 14 months later they moved into Dupree. He was elected as the first states attorney of Ziebach County in 1912 and served alternately in that office and as county judge until 1934 when he was elected Circuit Judge of the 12th Judicial Circuit, a position he held until retirement in September, 1955. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone were active in both the social and commercial life in Dupree, were members of the Order of Eastern Star and the Congregational Church. She gave private piano lessons to many young people of the community, was church organist and played for many programs and other activities. At the eastern edge of town, the judge helped their six sons lay out and construct the first tennis court in the community--one with inlaid concrete lines--and later a golf course which extended into five tracts of pastureland. Their home was a popular center for the youth of the community. The "judge" also performed many marriage ceremonies in their home when he was not at the office but he had many difficult decisions to make as well. Some involved cattle rustling, divorces in which he initially tried for reconciliations, and still others for robbery, disturbing the peace or property disputes. According to some residents, one of his most difficult decisions was to order a popular neighbor and businessman out of town to avoid a trial that would involve unfavorable publicity for the juveniles the man had induced to drink and go nude-bathing with him in Lantry dam. Although the family moved to Lemmon in 1945, the judge received his 50-year Masonic medal in 1954 at Dupree, where he was a charter member of the Lodge. Mrs. Gladstone died at Lemmon on January 9, 1955, and he died at a Belle Fourche hospital on January 3, 1964. Their sons are still living--Kyle at Lemmon, retired after more than 30 years of court reporting; Lyn at Rapid City where he is West River editor and a staff writer for the Rapid City Journal after having published papers at Kadoka, Onida, Sisseton, and Newell; Clay, Long Beach, California, where he is an appraiser; Scotty, Las Vegas, Nevada, where he is a practicing attorney; Dale, Farmington, New Mexico, where he is a postal employee and part-time parts manager for a garage, and Wayne, another successful attorney in Richland, Washington. All of the sons, excepting Clay, who was then working as a geologist in South America, are veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces World War II service and are married. Kyle has one daughter and four grandchildren; Lyn, two daughters and two grandchildren; Scotty, two sons, four daughters, and five grandchildren; Dale, a son, two daughters and one grandchild; and Wayne has two sons, two daughters, and five grandchildren. [photo - Judge and Mrs. Frank Gladstone, surrounded by their six sons, (l to r) Wayne, Dale, Lyn, Clay, Scotty and Kyle. 42nd Wedding Anniversary, 1952] MRS. HATTIE GOEN Mrs. Hattie Goen was one of the pioneers south of Dupree, having settled there on a quarter section in 1911. In the "hey day'' of the West River country, Mrs. Goen owned as much as two sections of land southeast of Dupree and had a number of cattle. She had one of the first big alfalfa fields which gave a heavy yield for a number of years until drought later killed it. Hattie Anna Cox was born on November 18, 1861 in Jessup, Iowa. Little is known of her, but she married in Buchanan, Iowa in either 1896 or 1897. A daughter, Ethel Retz of Harrison, Arkansas was their only child. She spent several years with a sister, Mrs. George Cotton in Waterloo, Iowa, but returned to Dupree where she lived in her home located on Lot 5, Block 42. For a number of years she rented part of her home to students. In 1939 she was taken to the hospital at Eureka, South Dakota where she died February 14, 1940. (From West River Progress) [photo Hattie Goen] JOHN and JUSTINA BEIERLE GOLTZ John and Justina Beierle Goltz and son, John Jr., came to the United States from Romania in 1900 and settled at Leola, South Dakota, and lived there until 1916 or 1917. They came by train to Isabel and homesteaded three miles north of Glad Valley. There were fourteen children born to this family. Ten were born at Leola and three on the homestead near Glad Valley. The youngest died at birth and was buried on the farm about 100 feet from the house. Mother Justina passed away December 2, 1925. Mary, the oldest daughter, had to be mother to six younger sisters. Father John passed away February 26, 1930. An uncle from Wyoming took the family and was their guardian. They all worked in sugar beet fields for a living. From there most of the girls moved to Deer Lodge, Montana with the uncle. The names of the family members are: John Goltz, Jr. (deceased), Mobridge, South Dakota; Caroline Goltz Sonnefeld, Littleton, Colorado; Gottlieb Goltz (deceased), Anaconda, Montana; Emma Goltz Hormel (deceased), Loveland, Colorado; Mary Goltz Roth, Loveland, Colorado; Minnie Goltz Ford (deceased), Tillamook, Oregon; Alvina Goltz Hiltz (deceased), Cody, Wyoming; Elizabeth Goltz Forgey, Deer Lodge, Montana; Helen Goltz Graff, Sunnyside, Washington; Dorothy Goltz Sirich, Helena, Montana; Anna Goltz Axley, Modesto, California. Most of the family went to the Glad Valley School before they moved to Wyoming. They walked most of the time when weather permitted. In winter they were taken by team and wagon. The house on the homestead was built by the father, John Goltz, and is now on the Vic Matter place. It was heated by a coal stove. When John Goltz, Sr. passed away February 26, 1930 the snow was so deep they took two sleighs to take the body and casket and seven men to Isabel. The family went to the Lutheran Church at Athboy, South Dakota but it was too cold and stormy to go to Isabel. This information was taken from a letter from Mrs. Henry (Mary Goltz) Roth. Mary married Henry Roth of Greeley, Colorado in 1936. They have three sons, Glen, Henry W., and Jack. They have eight grandchildren. They all live around Loveland, Colorado. [photo - Goltz family, 1922] DAYID and MARIETTA GOODWIN Mrs. David (Marietta) Goodwin, daughter of Ruth Chambers Sherman, step-father, Noble Sherman. She had one sister, Iverna Chambers, a half- sister and brother, Bina and Stanley Sherman. They moved to Ziebach County in 1915. Iverna Chambers and Noble Sherman filed on land near Isabel. A few months later, Marietta and her husband, David Goodwin, also filed on land adjoining the Shermans. Isabel was their nearest town with post office, stores, church, doctor and pharmacy. Mobridge was their nearest hospital. Two daughters were born at their home in Ziebach County with an Isabel doctor in attendance. Ruth was born in June 1917 and Doris in October 1919. Iverna, after proving up on her land and working in the Isabel post office, moved into Isabel to be closer to her work. She died during the influenza epidemic during World War I. In the winter of 1919, the Goodwins moved into Isabel. The mother, Ruth Sherman, passed away and Mr. Sherman returned to Michigan to be near his relatives. Bina Sherman married Clifford Kiech of Dupree. They moved to Seattle where Bina died. Clifford still lives there. Stanley Sherman married Clara Rodke of North Dakota. They moved to Minnesota. He died in 1980. Clara still lives there. In May, 1929, Marietta and David had a son born in Isabel. In 1941 they moved to Timber Lake where David was associated with Timber Lake Livestock Commission until he retired. David died in 1964. Their daughter, Doris, married Bill Fuller of Dupree. They live in Albany, Georgia. Bill is associated with an auto parts company. Doris is a retired kindergarten teacher. Their son, David, is assistant editor of their daily newspaper. At the close of World War II, Ruth married Willard Kotterman of Mobridge. They moved to Pittsburg, California. Willard is a retired postal service supervisor. Ruth is a retired L.P.N. David married Joyce Dodd. They had two children, a boy and a girl. When the children were quite small, Joyce died. When Lana and Gary were in high school, David, who is a mechanic, married Patricia MacKenzie. They have one daughter, Ruth Anne. June 18, 1981, the family and friends held open house for Marietta's 90th birthday. She lives in a mobile home in Ukiah, California. ORVILLE and HELEN (KNIPFER) GRASLIE by Helen K. Graslie Orville Thomas Graslie is the last of the Norwegian community of south Redelm. He takes great pride in the fact that he has lived in the same area all of his life. There was but a brief time when he did not live there and that was when he served in the Army in World War II. Apart from that, ranching, farming and community service has been his life and he has expanded and improved the original homestead. Orville served in the Pacific Theatre of Operations during World War II, having spent time in Hawaii, Marshall Islands, Mariannas, Okinawa, Philippine Islands, and the Occupation of Japan after the war ended. He saw front-line duty on Okinawa, and was on the front line during the battles for Hills #79 and #85 on the southern tip of Okinawa. The battles for these two hills were the last organized resistance by the Japanese in World War II. Orville and I were married in October, 1949, and six children make up our family. Thomas, Buffalo; Naomi Hamburg, Los Angeles, California; Nina Vilhauer, Aberdeen; Ellen Fletcher, Rapid City; Debra Graslie, Rapid City; and Kristi of Dupree. [photo - Orville and Louis Graslie] [photo - Mrs. Ludwig Graslie; daughter, Lavonne; Ludwig Graslie; son, Louis; daughters, Carol and Serene. Son, Orville, is not pictured] THE GRASLIE FAMILY by Helen Knipfer Graslie and Lavonne Graslie Butler It was in October, 1912 that Ludwig M. Graslie homesteaded five miles south of Redelm. He'd left his home in Norway, near Tondheim, when he was seventeen. He lived for four years in Montevideo, Minnesota before taking up a homestead here. In 1913, 1914 and 1915, Ludwig worked in the Homestake Mine at Lead. He'd been a cross-country skier in Norway and the strength and stamina he had acquired enabled him to bicycle from south of Redelm to Newell -- 90 miles -- then on to Lead the next day. He would make the journey back and forth over the prairie in this manner until he was called into the armed services in 1916. After his service years, he worked one more year in the mine before deciding to live on the homestead permanently. Ludwig married Lilly R. Ness in June of 1924 and she was also of Norwegian extraction. Her father, Tron Ness, homesteaded north of Faith in 1911. He and his wife, Bertha Johnson Ness, were from near Bergen, Norway. Lilly Graslie was a large woman and she had great energy. She moved quickly, her body propelled by slender legs, like a China clipper ahead of a quickening gale. She had an instant rapport with the "underdog", especially with the very young. In a confrontation of unequalled strength, she bore down like a fugate with guns bustling. The aggressor usually retreated with all speed; if he couldn't or didn't, he was the recipient of a talking to, the likes of which few youngsters hear today. If Lilly were ever to be enshrined, it would be with a coffee pot in one hand and a plate of warm, fresh, homemade rolls in the other. She liked nothing better than having someone drop in for "coffee". Her idea of "coffee" was a six-course meal which she served with a flourish and a lot of love. Lilly and Ludwig raised five children on their ranch: Lavonne, Orville, Louis, Carol, and Serene. There is a feeling like no other when you come home again to your birthplace. In the year 1947, Ludwig Graslie asked the bus driver to let him out at the foot of the hill near the farm in Norway. He didn't know that his kin waited for him at the bus station. He preferred to carry his suitcase and walk the remaining mile alone with his thoughts. Trudging up the rocky road to his old home, he saw a dark head bobbing at the window, peering out. His mother was not among the relations waiting at the bus station. She wanted to wait for him at home and she had done so for 38 years! In 1949 Lilly and Ludwig moved to Sturgis, South Dakota where they lived until their deaths in 1966 and 1965 respectively. Both are buried in the National Cemetery near Sturgis. The following is a short essay written by our oldest daughter, Naomi Graslie, for her school paper in 1969: TO GRANDPA: "I am a forgotten person. I am an unsung hero. My life belongs to a past, doesn't merit anything because I didn't live in a modern society. I am a proud American citizen. I came to America from Norway when I was seventeen years old. I learned to read and write a foreign language and later earned my citizenship. I served in the United States Army. I came to South Dakota at the age of twenty and homesteaded on a ranch southeast of Faith. I married, reared a family, and worked hard to make my ranch prosperous. I earned the respect of my fellow neighbors and helped them when times were hard. I started again and again when Nature defeated me. I sent several of my children to college to have the best education possible. I sold my ranch to my son and helped him begin his life as a rancher. I gave my children every chance for life as free Americans. I am Mr. Ludwig Graslie. No one ever thanked me for challenging life or accepting its challenge. I struggled and fought for what I thought was right and now I'm gone. No one ever thanked me." Ludwig Graslie could count among his grandchildren today several teachers, a nurse, an attorney, two dentists, a designer, artist, social worker, railroad worker, space worker, and a rancher. He'd have smiled at this, wrinkled his nose, hunched his shoulders, nodded his head a couple of times, and said, "That's doin' something". I would say, "It's sort of thanking someone." The area south of Redelm was once a large Norwegian colony and in 1921 or '22 Ludwig and his neighbors, Karl Hegre, Hjalmas Ringsby, Sigurd Ronning, Ole Tandberg, Lars Tysver, Even Stensaas, Ole Sundsrud, Adolph Abraham, Harvey Sommervold, Pederson and others organized and built a Norwegian Lutheran Church. The hill where it stood still bears the name "Church Hill" to the family. Those who don't know its history think its called "Church Hill" because you pray all the way down and up the other side! Lavonne (Mrs. Elmer Butler) ranches near Rattlesnake Butte and lives in Faith. Lavonne was elected to be Faith's mayor in 1981. Her children are Richard and James Butler. Orville and his wife, Helen, bought the farm south of Redelm. Their children are Tom, Naomi, Nina, Ellen, Debra and Kris Graslie. Louis, a successful high school basketball coach, was named Basketball Coach of the Year in 1957. He lives in Belle Fourche and his children are Doug, Scott, and Rim Graslie. He is Superintendent of Schools in Belle Fourche. Carol (Mrs. S. L. "Buzz" Donnenwirth) is a bookkeeper in Rapid City and her husband sells insurance. Their children are Cathy, Coreen, Bill and Wanda Donnenwirth. Serene (Mrs. Jim Vance) is a real estate agent and broker in Great Falls, Montana and her husband has an automotive parts store. Shelly, Sherry, and Sharla Sims are the children of Serene. GEORGE and DELLA (MOWERY) GRAY by Margaret (Loeffen) Becket George Cyrus and Della Belle Gray with their son, James arrived in Dupree in the month of March, 1916. George was a farmer and their home was in the central part of the quarter section of land east of the present Carl Schauer residence. George was born in 1878 to James and Laura Gray, Litchfield, Nebraska. He and Della Belle Mowery were married about 1904. She was the daughter of Jacob and Jane (Smith) Mowery. Their daughter, Jennie, passed away at eight years of age in Nebraska. Della gave birth to Laura Jean in January, 1920 and passed away ten days later at the home of her sister, Saloma Callen. The baby succumbed to whooping cough in June 1920. Understandably devastated, but with true pioneer fortitude George and James continued to live in their home in the country for several years before moving into Dupree. In addition to farming, George worked on roads for the county. He was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge and the Rebekah Lodge. He was active in community affairs and was a square dance caller. His death occurred in 1952.