Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
by Mary Buchholz These articles come from newspaper microfilm from the Belle Fourche Public library, using a new microfilm reader and printer. The photographs are from the Tri-State Museum. From Pioneer Footprints BUILDING OF ORAMN DAM by Ralph Shaykett The survey for Orman Dam of the Belle Fourche Irrigation Project was made in 1905. Dimensions […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—Belle Fourche Livestock Market, LLC held their anniversary BBQ sale on Thursday, September 4. Travis Linch, Owner, invited the public out to celebrate the day and enjoy the new upgrades to the sale barn’s dining area. It was a goal for Linch, early on when taking over ownership of the Livestock Market, to remodel […]
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NEWELL—Labor Day was full of fun in Newell, with the Labor Day Parade in the morning and the Labor Day Rodeo in the afternoon. At 10 a.m., floats made their way down Girard Ave., tossing out candy to the little ones and sounding their horns or playing music. Float decorations were in line with the […]
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Betty Olson We got a little sprinkle of rain here last Monday morning when Reub was headed out to spray weeds at the Horse Creek pasture, but he ran into a lot more rain with muddy roads as he drove north so he turned around and came home before taking a chance of getting stuck. […]
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Orman Dam, also referred to as Belle Fourche Dam, is a historic earthen dam located in Butte County, South Dakota, about 8 miles east of the city of Belle Fourche. Completed in 1911, it created the Belle Fourche Reservoir to provide water for irrigation and is now a popular spot for fishing, boating, and camping. […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—Recycling was a way of life for Tony Dean and his father-in-law, Randy Ruby, long before they bought Northern Hills Scrap Metal. “I ran a garbage truck for a lot of years, and I always kept stuff that I’d find—that people would throw away—so I was a scrapper beforehand. We started a recycling company […]
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NISLAND—Greeted by rows of brightly colored flowers on a warm Sunday afternoon, Joyful Bloom Flower Farm invited the public to enjoy their place and flowers on August 24. This day was special because it was a day for the owners of the Flower Farm to let the public know how much they appreciated the support […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—Another new building is on its way up in Belle Fourche! On the corner where Highway 34 and Highway 85 meet, next to Hardee’s, the process of becoming a new home for NBS Factoring, LLC is underway. Doug and Erica Douglas, owners, broke ground several weeks ago and hope to have the building up […]
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NEWELL—The annual Fireman’s Barbecue saw another huge turnout at the Newell Fire Hall for its Labor Day Weekend fundraiser. For around 20 years now, the Fire Hall has hosted the festive event during the Newell Labor Day Celebration; before that, it was held during Father’s Day. This year, the hall was packed with people braving […]
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NEWELL—It was a great weekend in Newell these past few days for the 66th annual Newell Labor Day Celebration. People from all over the area came to Newell to enjoy the festivities, starting on Saturday, August 30 with the 5K Fun Run/Walk/Bike in the morning leaving from the Newell Evangelical Church parking lot. An All-School […]
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