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April is National Gardening Month. After a long cold winter everyone is ready for sunshine, warm breezes, and the chance to get dirt under their fingernails.

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West Elevator in Albee was operated by J. C. Cahill. It was operated by horsepower. This elevator had a 10,000-bushel capacity. J. C. Cahill came to Grant County in 1889 where he was engaged in teaching until 1896 when he was accepted a position as a grain buyer for Northwestern Elevator Company.

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Throughout the 1920s and especially the 1930s the Great Plains were hit by grasshopper invasions of varying intensity. Montana, Kansas and Nebraska all reported grasshopper damage to crops in the 1920s. The photographer, South Dakota State University agronomist Joseph G. Hutton, took this picture of a Douglas County sweet clover haystack that has been partially eaten away. 

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Written on the reverse of this cabinet card photograph is "Someones homestead in Lake Co." The two women sitting in chairs in front of their tar paper shack which is sodded part way up from the ground look ready for a good chat.

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Huron College was founded in 1883 as Presbyterian University of South Dakota and located in Pierre. The City of Pierre agreed to furnish 20 acres of land and $13,000, if buildings worth $30,000 would be constructed by July 1884.

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In 1910, Bryant, had seven elevator companies. Their combined storage capacity was 176,000 bushels of grain.

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Twelve young men get the opportunity of a lifetime to learn about fruit judging with N.E. Hansen.

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This image of 20 young girls learning sewing was printed on a postcard.

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This postcard titled Elevator Row, Pukwana, South Dakota is postmarked 1908 and was sent to Charles Winksworth, Milwaukee, WI. The message on the back reads “Dear Cousin, This is a photo of the elevators we have in our town. I suppose they will look small to you. With love from your loving cousin Muriel.”

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This odd-looking tractor is a Lion tractor, manufactured by the Lion Tractor Company, Minneapolis, MN. The Lion, first marketed in 1914, was a tricycle wheel arrangement with two large front wheels and one small rear wheel. All its weight was directly over the drive wheel. The driver sat high up on a seat above the rear wheel. The Lion sold for $566 and later for $795.

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