Pam's notes from 2009 SD Visit - continued

My terrific notetaker, cousin Pam Rounseville, had this to say about June 21...Huron.

Joan Daugherty is the widow of Ivan Daugherty and she owns Farmers Cashway Do it Center in Huron. www.fc.doitbest.com While visiting the store we met her son Kirk and grandson Brent.

Hitchcock - We stopped at Altoona Cemetery to look for Daugherty graves. No luck. Saw pheasants and yellowheaded blackbirds. Took pictures of the jail and the city hall. Misty/drizzle day. Saw some egrets.

Art Cavenee in Wessington loaned us some pictures. Took a photo of GGuncle Edward Daugherty who died of lead poisoning. He was a painter by profession. Art took us to the location of Wilson and Carrington homesteads in Nance Cty (374th Ave. and 121st). Art and Bonnie Cavenee were born on Pearl Wilson's land.

Art told of the winter of 1898 when Pearl Wilson spent 4 or 5 days in a school house during a ranging blizzard. Check the book "Childrens Blizzard". I've mentioned this book in the Prairie Roots Newsletter. Well worth reading! Many people died in that blizzard, including possibly Peter DeLong, father of Catherine Elizabeth DeLong Daugherty.

William Wilson had a tree claim 1 mile N. from our position. Sounds of pheasants, meadowlarks, redwinged blackbirds, and a small raptor (Kestrel?).

We stopped at Beulah Cemetery where the Carrs and Conkeys have their families interred. There was the headstone of Thirza Carrington (Lucius's sister) and her baby. Both of the formentioned families lost many babies and children over the decades.

June 22 we left Linda and Peter Marcus's house in Huron and took photos of Huron's murals. We stopped @ Rest lawn Memorial Gardens after going to 1421 Utah to see the JW Johnson's house...(the parents of Pam's father, Ben). Saw the current owner who showed Pam changes. The backyard now open, trees removed from habitat created for birds.

Morning started out foggy and became wall to wall blue sky. Went west from outside Huron and S on 28, to 34, and Wessington Springs. Windmills and lots of rolling hills. Drove near the Crow Creek Reservation, Sharpe Lake Area. Took pics of hills and lake.

We met with Kathy Springer Taggert, Nedra Daugherty's daughter at Al's Oasis. Kathy and Ron have been married 36 years and have 7 children. Ron and his son farm organically on land rented from Indian land. Sunflowers, millet, milo, blue corn are some of their crops. Organic growers are inspected to maintain certification. Their millet goes all the way to Spain.