Presho

"Those are the two Brulé girls who launched an attack on the Milwaukee railroad," Presho people remarked.

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Then, armed with the postcards, I set off for Presho -- and the Rosebud.

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And early that morning we saw Imbert coming from Presho, hurrying to Ida

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On a Sunday night in early October, 1908, I stood on a corner of the dark main street of Presho waiting for the Rosebud to open.

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Presho was sending out word vehemently denying the reports that an epidemic of black smallpox had broken out there.

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A crude, unfinished little town, with a Wild West flavor about it, Presho couldn't help doing things in a spectacular fashion.

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There were roads and fences, schools and thriving towns nearby where they could market their products, and during the World War Presho became the second largest hay-shipping point in the United States, with the government buying trainloads of the fine native hay from the tall grass country of the Brulé.

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We sent the balance of them to be set, some in Presho, some in Pierre, got them back by stage, and _The Wand_, despite fire and all other obstacles, went on with its work -- a few days late, strictly a proof sheet, but without lapse of publication.

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We were frozen stiff and had to have our hands thawed out in cold water when we reached Presho.

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Presho, to its fury, couldn't compare with some of the other towns.

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