This set of recent good reads are just some interesting histories from edge to edge: a recent Atlas Obscura article about Sioux Falls’ divorce colony history, and a blog post from SD AIA about the architecture of fire lookout towers in the Black Hills.
“The Legendary, Lavish Dinner Parties of South Dakota’s Divorce Colony,” Atlas Obscura, February 2019.
One of the articles quoted from the period is a 1908 article in American Magazine by George Fitch that is on GoogleBooks: “Shuffling Families in Sioux Falls: How a Little Town has become a Big City through its Divorce Industry.” [American Magazine 66(5) (September 1908), 442-451].
“Lookout Architecture in the Black Hills,” April 2019, on Blueprint South Dakota, a blog from SD AIA. Cool structures and a great chance to learn about them, because they’re not super-accessible.
And some north-central stories in the newest historic preservation issue of South Dakota History, Brad Tennant’s “‘In the footsteps of the pioneer’: Ethnic Settlers and Their Churches in Brown County” and Robert J. Couser’s “Burckhard’s North Side Bakery of Aberdeen: A Community Staple for Four Generations.”
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