The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-07-31
The Trip 10 .Arno.a,s park.

II Nts q NGlf plStSuut UP uhu a uQ
pafeutly enjoyed themselves. The
train was we'll loaded with excursion!st's
when it reached here. los thoreabouts,
OF Chamberlain, some 30 or more
Of Pukwana ana 40 or 80 from Kimball
and vicinity. The following is Il partial
list Of those from Kiinball:
Eustas Ward and Miss Mae Palison.
Joe Smith, Pat and Tom Qu,rk, joe
Stocks, Joe KOREAN. Fred Whltkup, Peter
Smith, Frank Stoneberger, Miss Gertie
Nogus and Hannah Hcnrich. Joe Brchan,
Miss Hattie aud Col. G. S. Blodgett, Mr..
and Mrs. B. Lunn, Mrs. r. II. Cook, Guy
Smith. Edw. Brennc, Mr.. and Mrs. Batty
Ryan, Henry Small, lIaiver Halvcrson,
NJ. +. .fennisOn, w. G. Anderson, Silas
Nugen, Miss Nellie Stewart, Mrs. w. W..
McKittrick, Will Hammill and Miss Maud
Mclaughlin, Charley Engle, B. Jurrens,
Will Camery, August Marty, Carl Mack,
Arthur Mckee and Geo. Geppert.
1t proved to be one of those nice sum-
mer DAYS with just clouds enough to be
i cool and pleasant. We reached Mitchell
at 5 o'clock in the morning, just as
old Sol" showed his smiling face.
Coaches were there added making a
train OF nine cars, including a dining
car, the sumptuous yiands being served
by colored walters. From there TO
Marion junction it appears to be very
= dry, as crops do not look as we'll as here.
t.. The grass did not compare with the
grass OF this county, pastures being bart
and corn not tasseled. At Marion June
y ton four more coaches were added ant
one engine not being sufficient to taxi
~ the load, another was hitched to the rea
:" ~ and pushed us through to Canton, ther'
v. another train oil nine coaches. carrying
-. the Sioux Falls passengers, was sent a
!. head. From there to Sheldon is a yer
- pretty country, large groves, large field
Of wheat being ready for harvest, som
ay being already stacked. Then they bt
ly gin to fail again, wheat not being tai
er enough to cut and grass brown and dry
er We reached Okoboji lake at IL o'cloc
NJ and partook of a picnic dinner in til
nd shade Of large oak trees. Tie Park is
ay most desirable place for those who Ell
ur joy camping, the grounds being coverc
he with lawn grass, flowers, creeping vine
Of all description and large cakes thu
afford shade all over the grounds. Ok
boil lake afforded a great deal CT spol
and amusement in the way Of steam, ro
" and sail boats and a t%Oboggan bathlI
- slide which was a so or go foot slide in
- 4 or 3 feet Of water. The Grand COnce
'' was another great feature, which co
sisted of singing and speaking, al
The music by the Ladies Band of Rock Vi
ted ley, which was excellent. Tile mon
ore ments erected in 1894 in memory
The those mastered there, in 1857, nj
lty, bering some fifty or sixty person
.ro- were of gray granite, one being about
lies feet high. The log cabin in which
the family were massacred may be SCI
ing for 25 cents admissi On, it being inclos
but still Inhabited by an old lady.
;, daughter OF the family massacred. S
was captured by the In dams when a G
Of ID years, and was a prisoner for t
years. Pictures of the slaughtered, a
- h weapons that they used may be Sc
=; here, also. The estimation was that
bout 5000 people were on the groun
e. Tents were pitched in among lie IT
which showed us that some had come
stay and enjoy themselves. A first -cl
;n,, meal cou Id be had at aGy ljme, their
-. ing two hotels right at hand. We lie
for home at 7:1o in the evening, ev
81 one happy and feeling well repaid
their @@2,25 trip. II. NJ. S.