Local History

Bootleggers Kept Grant County Officials Busy in 1932

Published by admin1 on Thu, 12/05/2019 - 10:40am

Bootleggers Kept Grant County Officials Busy in 1932

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Murdered Body Found Near Milbank’s Hobo Jungle in 1944

Published by admin1 on Sat, 11/30/2019 - 8:59am

Editor’s Note: This story is the second installment of murders committed in Grant County in 1943 and 1944, and covers the murder of Joseph Hilts by William W. Morgan in August of 1944.

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Body of 1943 Murder Victim Thrown from Train in Grant County

Published by admin1 on Wed, 11/20/2019 - 7:12am

Editor’s Note: Two murders occurred in Grant County in 1943 and 1944. This installment covers the murder of James Gaunt of Connecticut by assailant Selmer Rasch. The murder of traveling salesman Joseph Hilts in 1944 will be covered in a second installment.

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County Library Dedicated in November 40 Years Ago

Published by admin1 on Fri, 11/08/2019 - 9:33am

By Jody Carlson, Library Director

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First Homesteaders Settled in West End of Georgia Township

Published by admin1 on Mon, 11/04/2019 - 8:05am

First Homesteaders Settled in West End of Georgia Township

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Businessmen Pooled Money to Purchase Land for Milbank Airport

Published by admin1 on Fri, 11/01/2019 - 1:59pm

Editor’s Note: This is the second of two stories on the development of air travel in the Grant County.

Grant County’s aviation history began in 1929 with the establishment of a star air mail route between Milbank and Watertown.

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Flying Circus Entertained Crowd; Milbank had Air Mail Delivery

Published by admin1 on Thu, 10/24/2019 - 6:59am

Editor’s Note: This story is the first of two installments on the development of air travel in the county.

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Prairie Fires Often Threatened Grant County Homesteads

Published by admin1 on Sat, 10/12/2019 - 9:37am

Pioneers had many worries when they started settling the northeast portion of the Dakota Territory in the late 1870s and into the 1880s. Drought, floods and grasshoppers were just a few of the challenges they faced, but the most devastating danger was fire.