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Subject: [SDDouglas] Douglas County, South Dakota History
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 10:35:27 EST

Hello,

There is a history of Douglas Co., SD on eBay and I thought some of you may
be interested in it. It can be found here:

<A HREF="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2980&item=2918596911">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2980&item=2918596911</A>;

You are bidding on Douglas County - "The Little Giant" by Robert F.
Karolevitz. The book is a hardcover first edition that is 199 pages in
length, including illustations and index. It was privately published in 1983
for the Douglas County Historical Society.

In this book, Karolevitz meticulously details the history of Douglas County,
South Dakota from the 19th century up to the date of publication. Here is a
list of the contents of the book:

Foreword ... page 1
Chapter 1 - Tragedy and Tenacity in the Vanguard ... page 3
Chapter 2 - The Brownsdale Fraud ... page 13
Chapter 3 - The Grand View Heyday ... page 23
Chapter 4 - The Dutch Connection ... page 31
Chapter 5 - The Challenges of Homesteading ... page 41
Chapter 6 - Advent of the Railroad: A New Era ... page 51
Chapter 7 - The Infamous Blizzard of '88 ... page 63
Chapter 8 - Statehood and a New County Seat ... page 69
Chapter 9 - A Railroad Revival: Another Town ... page 85
Chapter 10 - World War I: Patriotism and Prejudice ... page 115
Chapter 11 - The Dirty Thirties and Another War ... page 129
Chapter 12 - Win Some, Lose Some ... page 139
Epilogue ... page 159
Douglas County Photo Album ... page 169
Acknowledgements, Bibliography, About the Author, Index, and Colophon ...
pages 187 - 199

Here is a list of the surnames of individuals and/or families detailed, per
the index:

ADAMS, AHRENS, ALBRECHT, ALEXANDER, ALTENBURG, AMES, ANDERSON, ANDERST,
ARMENTROUT, ARNOLD

BACON, BAIRD, BALL, BARKS, BARLOON, BARRETT, BATCHELDER, BAUMGARTNER,
BEARDSLEY, BEAN, BECK, BECKER, BERRY, BEUKELMAN, BIERWAGEN, BIESHEUVEL,
BIGLER, BINDERT, BLANCHARD, BLOCK, BOOKER, BOOR, BORDEWYCK, BORMANN, BOWER,
BOYES, BOYLAN, BRADLEY, BREITBACH, BRENNER, BREUKELMAN, BRINGELSON, BRINK,
BROWN, BRUNING, BRYDON, BUHLER, BULL, BULLOCK, BURNETT, BUSSELL, BUTTON, BYE

CAMPBELL, CANTONWINE, CAREY, CARLON, CARLSON, CARMODY, CARPENTER, CARY,
CHANDLER, CHESLEY, CHRISTENSON, CLABAUGH, CLARK, CLAUSSEN, COLE, COLFAX,
CONOVER, CRAMER, CRAWFORD, CRUTCHETT, CULVER

DAILY, DARLING, DARLINGTON, DAVIS, DAY, DeBOER, DeLAMAR, DERRINGER,
DeSPIEGLER, DeVELDER, DEVINE, DEVY, DIESTERHAUPT, DIETZE, DILGES, DILLMAN,
DIXON, DOBSON, DOLLARD, DONLEY, DOORN, DUNBAR, DUNCAN, DURFEY

EDWARDS, EERNISSE, EGGERS, ELLERBROEK, ELLIS, ENGELLAND, EVANS

FAUGHENDER, FELTON, FENZL, FERGUSON, FIERNE, FINK, FINLEY, FISCUS, FLAHERTY,
FLETCHER, FLOETE, FOLKERTS, FOSTER, FOTHERINGHAM, FREIDEL, FURGIN

GERIOUX, GLANZER, GOEHRING, GOODNOW, GRABEL, GRADE, GRAFFIN, GREEN, GRENZOW,
GROSS, GROSZ, GUENTHNER, GUNNARE

HAFSAAS, HAISCH, HAND, HANSEN, HARDYCK, HASSLER, HAWKES, HAWLEY, HELGELAND,
HEMEYER, HEMPEL, HENDERSON, HERBST, HEWITT, HICKEY, HIEB, HOFFMAN, HOLLEMAN,
HOLLMAN, HOON, HOSPERS, HOTHAM, HOULTON, HOWE, HOYET, HUEY, HULSEBUS, HUNTER,
HUSTON

JACKSON, JOBBINS, JOHANSEN, JOHNSON, JOHNSTON, JONGEWAARD, JOUSTRA, JUNE,
JUNGE

KAUFMAN, KEETON, KIETZMAN, KLEIN, KNAPP, KNIGHT, KOEHN, KORNDER, KREDIT

LAIB, LARSON, LaSHIER, LAU, LAUFER, LeCOCQ, LeFORGE, LESTER, LIECHTY,
LIEUWEN, LINDSLEY, LIPPERT, LIPSCOMB, LITZ, LOEFFLER, LONG, LOOS, LOSEY,
LUBBINGE, LUMLEY, LUYMES, LYNCH

McCARVILLE, McDOWELL, McFARLAND, McGRATH, McMAHON, McNEIL, MACK, MANBECK,
MARKLEY, MARSH, MASSEY, MATHER, MATHEWS, MATTESON, MATTHEWS, MAX, MEAD,
MECHTLE, MEERSAULT, MEETER, MENGENHAUSER, MENNING, MEYER, MILLER, MILTIMORE,
MISTEREK, MITCHELL, MOORE, MORAN, MORIARITY, MORROW, MUILENBERG, MUNN

NEECE, NELSON, NEUGEBAUER, NIELSEN, NORDAKER, NORTON, NORWOOD, NOTEBOOM

O'BRIEN, OLSON, OVERWEG

PALMER, PARKER, PARKSTON, PEASE, PELTON, PERRY, PETERS, PFEIFFER, PINER,
PLEMP, PLOWMAN, POULSON, POWELL, PRESCOTT, PRICE, PTAK, PULLMAN, PUNT

QUAY

RABEN, RAY, REED, REINFELD, REKERS, REMINGTON, REYNOLDS, RHODES, RILEY,
ROBERTS, ROBERTSON, ROBINSON, ROELOFS, ROWE, RUSSELL

SANDERS, SAWYER, SCALLIN, SCHATZ, SCHMIDT, SCHOHEIM, SCHOLTEN, SCHRANK,
SCHROEDER, SCOTT, SEAMAN, SERR, SHANNON, SHARPE, SHAW, SHEEDER, SHEEHAN,
SHEPPARD, SHERMAN, DISMAN, SIMPSON, SINGER, SLEISTER, SMALL, SMITH, STEWART,
STILWILL, STOCKWELL, SURPLESS, SWAYNE

TAYLOR, TERRY, TESKE, THOMAS, THOMPSON, THRALL, TIBBETTS, TIEFENTHALER,
TIPTON, TODD, TRENT, TRIEBWASSER

UTRECHT

VAN ARENDONK, VAN DEN BOS, VAN DEN BOSCH, VAN DEN HOEK, VAN DER LINDEN, VAN
DER MEER, VAN DER POL, VAN DER ZALM, VAN EKEREN, VAN OMMEREN, VAN SOEST, VAN
ZEE, VERSTEEG, VERWOLF, VIS, VOSS

WADLINGTON, WALKER, WALTHER, WANZER, WARD, WARNER, WARREN, WEBER, WEGNER,
WELCH, WENZEL, WHEELER, WIELAND, WILLIS, WILSON, WOOLMAN

YOUNG, YOUNGSTROM

ZIEBART, ZIMMER, ZIRPEL

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