A History of South Dakota and Its People - MAGNUS JOHNSON - "A Tribute to Our Forefathers"

S. J. Clarke Publishing Company | 1915 | unknown

[floriduh voter]

Southernmost Point of Key West, 90 miles from Cuba.

[IowaHawk]

'Magnus Johnson'?

Strangely enough, that's my wife's pet name for me.

[Aliska]

Above are the General Store and Railroad Depot early last century in Fall River County. These pictures were taken by my great aunt who homsteaded and taught school there.

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[floriduh voter]

Are you joshin' me all the way from Ioaway? I know that Magnus Johnson was a popular name, well with Swedes straightaway from there. Skaner, Sweden in the south used to be part of Denmark but apparently Sweden bought it.

Regarding me, having moved to Florida during high school, I have a combo accent, a little SD and a little southern drawl. Yumpin yiminy yall!

[floriduh voter]

Thanks for the pictures and the links. I could just read about S.D. all day. Growing up there, I was busy being a kid instead of thinking about the past. S.D. is a great place and I enjoyed spending my childhood there. It was PERFECT!

[Aliska]

I've never been there. Always wanted to see the Black Hills where people used to bring home those beautiful pink quartz rocks.

Reading through my great aunt's letters (whom I never met), she was quite stoic, but they had terrible problems with getting enough coal in winter, then there was a drought, and the summers were probably dreadfully hot on the plains.

That little farmstead you posted was really pretty. What a difference trees can make!

[floriduh voter]

Yes, settlers in South Dakota endured harsh winters and a little later on, my mother's immediate family experienced the depression just like the rest of the country. Mom didn't live in the house on the thread but the eastern side of the state is quite green in the Spring and Summer. Even during the depression, my grandfather took the family to town I think in a Model-T and each child would get a nickel to spend.

Regarding the temperature, when we lived there, temps in the summer could be over 100 degrees. There were lots of hailstorms and some tornadic activity too. (I love that term "tornadic") LOL. They don't have blizzards like they used to when we lived there. We'd get snowed in for days at a time in town until the snowplows got to our street. I know what cabin fever is, with a dad, mom, three kids and all the pets.

By floriduh voter. Why is Free Republic asking me to check an anonymous box? Is that something new?

[floriduh voter]

Please ping me back so that you can see what I mentioned to you about posting. My post showed up on the thread but not on my comments. Let me know if you see a gray background and lots of boxes to check. FV

[floriduh voter]

In the words of Thomas Paine, "That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price on its goods."

[floriduh voter]

The rolling hills of Eastern South Dakota

Mom's flying out of Tampa this afternoon and will be with her brother and sisters for Independence Day in a setting like this photo. While she's having a ball, I'll finish wallpapering her foyer while she's out of town. I started the project last year.

For their 4th of July in S.D., I contributed patriotic slap bracelets for mom to hand out to the children. Mom is the special guest since she's the only out of towner for the 4th.

Some of the kids are Magnus Johnson's great, great, great, grand children; hopefully after fall 2002, they will all live in Thune Country. I'm sure that GGF Magnus would like S.D. to change their tune. The death tax may be the death knell for SD dem politicians. We shall see.

I am bumping this and may bring more pictures next week. I am finally being scheduled for diagnostic neuro tests so I'll be busy with doctor visits during July.

[descendedfromnine]

Loved your post. I am Antoine’s Great x5th grandson. I finally found his grave and have a photo of the stone if you would like me to e-mail it to you.

Tony
gothisson@verizon.net

[floriduh voter]

The jpegs are long gone. Great stories in here.

[floriduh voter]

I’m an independent now but still vote conservstive. GGF was a Republican 4ever.