Edited and Published by

REV. JOHN B. REESE, A.M., B.D.

Assisted by

H.B. REESE

MITCHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA
AUGUST, 1920

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I.[Occasion, Scope and Purpose of Record.]
II.[Prying Open the Door to the Dakotas—Treaty of '58.]
III.[The Second Coming of the Norsemen to America. The First Settlement on the Missouri Bottom, 1860.]
IV.[First Settlement and Settlers of the "South Prairie," 67-71. A Memorable Trip in Search of Work.]
V.[The Settlements on Turkey Creek and Clay Creek, 70-71.]
VI.[The Great Immigration of 1880—Causes.]
VII.[Landing at Yankton, Getting on the Land, and a Hard Struggle to Live.]
VIII.[The Pioneer Mothers and Their Share in the Privations.]
IX.[Indians as Visitors and Guests.]
X.[The Great Snow Winter of 1880 and the Flood of '81.]
XI.[Beginning the Grapple with the Earth.]
XII.[Bird's Eye View of the Settlements in 1880-3.]
XIII.[The Prairie Fires—The Annual Terror of the Settlers.]
XIV.[The Great Blizzard of '88.]
XV.[When the Fathers and Mothers of Today were Boys and Girls.]
XVI.[Religious Movements and Workers Among These People.]
XVII.[A Daughter Settlement.]
XVIII.[Looking Down the Trail to the Years Ahead.]