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Dutchman, 1997

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Papers presented at the 5th Annual West River History Conference. Held in Keystone, South Dakota, September 18-20 1997.

Dates

  • Creation: 1997

Creator

Full Extent

From the Collection: 41 Items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

Published in 1997 conference proceedings, pages 325-330.

General

About Black Hills sarvisberry picking, ca. 1900-1915? Aged former Black Hills miner known as "the Dutchman" grew enormous sarvisberries on secret plot near Tinton, Lawrence County, South Dakota, and sold them in Lead, South Dakota. Author's grandfather, age ten, secretly tailed him to the site. Author and family picked enormous sarvisberries on same site, ca. 1933 and 1995.

Repository Details

Part of the West River History Conference Repository

Contact:
Leland D. Case Library in cooperation with the West River History Conference
Black Hills State University
1200 University Street, Unit 9676
Spearfish SD 57799-9676
605-642-6361