Black Hills National Forest and Custer State Park

Took a drive into the Black Hills National Forest and Custer State Park today. The top three pictures are of Lakota Lake, beautiful location in the BHNF that has a picnic area and hiking. We were able to see some of the bison in CSP along with a new calf. We didn't get the predicted rain which is okay for now since we are ahead on precipitation for the year.

Snowstorm of 2018

 

April 13-14 brought a cold, wet snow to Rapid City. The cloudy pictures above were taken during the storm while the sunny picture was taken on the 14th. The ground was warm enough that the snow turned to slush upon contact so the nearly 10" didn't just pile up but could be pushed away during the day. Local ranchers have to be excited about all the moisture this year which allows them to anticipate good grazing for the cattle herds around Rapid City. It will also push our local water resources to nearly 100%. What a blessing. Today we are getting our third straight day of sunshine to clear remaining snow. Spring may arrive yet.......oh, there is a slight chance of snow on Friday.

One final note, I deleted my Facebook account so I will try to spend a bit more time posting pictures of hikes on my blog.

Eva Adcox death 1916

Example of issues in family history research. Notice how one article spells the family name, Adcock while the other spells it Adcox. Adcox was the spelling those in the Tremont area knew.

Peoria Journal Star picture from June 21, 1946

Not the best quality but Ned was my wife's grandfather. For those of us from the area we remember a variety of Mackinaw River floods.

Tremont Little League team

Front Row from left: Larry Bolliger, Ken Knapp, Greg Gossmeyer, Marc Stuber, Tom Bolliger, Dennis Shannon

Back Row from left: asst. coach Rocky Duffin, Ken Goodwin, Dan Cullinan, Rich Schurter, Jon Leddy, Randy Miller, Bill Grimm and Coach Jim Schurter

I can't exactly remember the year (guess is 1966) but I do remember we had a good team and would travel to tournaments. We would be the only team with no uniforms. Due to October birthdays Greg G. and I were still eligible for Little League even though we were a year ahead in school. In some cases we were more than the year ahead.

Tremont High School Cross Country team 1968

At this time in school history if you wanted to play basketball you had to run cross-country or play football.

Front row from left:  Randy Rowell, Rich Schurter, Dennis Stuber, Don Pflederer, Ken Pflederer, Jim Boyle, Wayne Haskett, Dean Unsicker

Back Row from left: Bob Sparrow, Jerry Zuercher, Chuck Brunner, Howard Sauder, Timm Frank, Bob Beecham  and Coach Curt Reed

Tremont High School G.A.A. girls 1939

G.A.A. = Girls Athletic Association

Title IX wasn't around quite yet.