The old Reuben Winter farmstead, northwest of Wessington Springs- Duke Wenzel 2002
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Dr. Dean at the Old Settler’s Picnic
Dr. Roscoe E. Dean attended the 2002 Jerauld County Old Settler's Picnic. The beloved old doctor lived until 2009 after tending to the county's ailing for more than 50 years. He was a member of the South Dakota Hall of Fame.
Old Settler's Picnic - Harmony Church 2002- Duke Wenzel
Restored 1905 Wessington Springs Opera House after the Kyle Evans addition was added (right). Kyle played a benefit for the Opera House restoration committee, the first entertainment on that stage in many decades. True Dakotan Photo/Duke Wenzel 2002
This old farm truck probably did a lot of work in its day, but that was a LONG time ago - Duke Wenzel 2002
an old Jerauld County barn - Duke Wenzel 2002
- Jim Tapken and Norm Tapken decorate at the Prospect Hill cemetery during a Memorial Day sunrise. Duke Wenzel 2002
Making hay while the sun shines -- Duke Wenzel 2002
Mule deer near Wessington Springs - True Dakotan/Duke Wenzel 2002
The Kyle Evans stage coach --no, it wasn't named after him, he MADE IT-- is shown as it was loaded up and headed for New Mexico where Monte and Lana (Swanson) Fastnacht still have it.
The Lane elevator burned down in a huge ball of fire. True Dakotan photo/Craig Wenzel 2002
The Lane water tower.... a lot of Lane boys climbed to the top of this thing. Luckily, no one ever fell! Duke Wenzel 2002
Memorial Day irises and an American flag. Duke Wenzel 2002
The 1930's Jerauld County Courthouse is a magnificent example of art deco architecture of that era. Duke Wenzel 2002
Country western singer/songwriter Kyle (Fagerhaug) Evans died in a July-2001 motorcycle accident. He was inducted into the SD Hall of Fame prior to his death.
2002 pictures
Gov. Robert Vessey, governor of South Dakota early in the last century, lived in this Wessington Springs home. It is now owned by Gail and Susan (Dean) Arnott. It's beautiful. -Duke Wenzel 2002
The Harmony Church road.... look closer, you can see the church on the right side of the road at the top of the hill. Duke Wenzel 2002
Late season corn harvest - Duke Wenzel 2002
George Pflaum’s place
The late George Pflaum plays his accordian at his annual birthday party at Crow Lake. He blew the bellows out of his old accordian, playing between sets at Denise Wenzel's wedding dance at the Prairie Lounge, so his friends went together and bought him a really nice new one. He wasn't especially good, but boy, he loved playing! Duke Wenzel 2002
George Pflaum's tractor is shown in the foreground while the house, where he was born and lived in almost all of his life, is in the back. The Pflaum place was in western Jerauld County, Logan Township, west of Crow Lake. Duke Wenzel 2002
A Jerauld County sunset - Duke Wenzel 2002
Duke's sunset cannon - 2002
Ducks on the pond - Duke Wenzel 2002
Red barn - Duke Wenzel 2002
Blue sky barn - Duke Wenzel 2002
Craig Wenzel and former Senator George McGovernor at the Jerauld County veterans memorial service. McGovern was the speaker - Duke Wenzel 2002
The South Dakota state flower, Pasque (locally called crocus) is prolific in the hills and meadows around Jerauld County. True Dakotan photo/Duke Wenzel 2002
Don L. Wenzel (left) and his son Craig dig Indian turnips-- an annual spring ritual-- in the spring of 2002.