The REST of THIS STORY, the 1930's
To complete our story as well as highlight the majority of the historically significant pieces in this very rare bequest, each item will...
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Grant County Historical Society
P.O. Box 201
Milbank, SD 57252
605-938-4192 or 605-467-3940
arlo@grantcountysdmuseums.org
Click here for museum hours.
arlo425
Jul 31, 20221 min read
BUGGY NECESSITIES in the 1890's
Another part of this recent bequest was this pair of items, a collar cape & a hand muff, both made of rabbit fur, both dyed jet black -...
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arlo425
Jul 30, 20221 min read
PAIR of BUFFALO MITTENS from the 1870's
In addition to the pair of boots from the 1870's, we were also given a pair of buffalo hide mittens, with the exterior tops of the...
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arlo425
Jul 30, 20221 min read
A MYSTERY to SOLVE: pt #2
Yesterday I posted a photo of the back cushion springs, the upper & lower springs in a pair connected together with an "S-shaped" wire. ...
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arlo425
Jul 29, 20221 min read
1870's VERY EARLY COWBOY BOOTS
The Grant County Historical Society was just given a pair of boots from about the late 1870's. A great-granddaughter made the...
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arlo425
Jul 29, 20221 min read
A MYSTERY TO SOLVE - pt.#1
In the process of restoring this Canadian & Russian sleigh we recently purchased for eventual displat in the Buggy Museum in Stockholm,...
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arlo425
Jul 28, 20221 min read
AN INTERVIEW with the GRANT COUNTY REVIEW Reporter
This past Saturday afternoon, July 23rd, Deb Cuyle, the GCR reporter, sat with me, Allen and Mike Quade under the veranda of the Buggy...
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arlo425
Jul 25, 20221 min read
BLACKSMITHING DEMONSTRATIONS @ Buggy Museum
On Saturday, July 23rd, 2022, Mike & Allen Quade of Wilmot, SD, brought their portable forge, fired it up with homemade charcoal & gave...
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arlo425
Jul 22, 20221 min read
CODINGTON COUNTY HISTORY CLUB VISIT
On Thursday, July 21st, 2022, a group of historians from the Codington County History Club in Watertown, SD, visited the Buggy Museum in...
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arlo425
Jul 22, 20221 min read
ALLIS-CHALMERS THRESHING MACHINE
Our Allis-Chalmers threshing machine was transported from the Ag Museum in Stockholm to the Twin Brooks Threshing Show grounds on...
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Jul 19, 20223 min read
VISITING BUGGY MUSEUMS
Since we started this Buggy Museum Adventure, we have also been visiting buggy museums or, more correctly, museums that happen to feature...
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Jul 19, 20221 min read
OUR LATEST AQUISITIONS
We both buy new (to us) pieces as well as are given different items, pretty much all for the Buggy Museum, but not totally. I am also...
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