Spink County, South Dakota Genealogy & Family Research Center

~ Redfield Street Scenes ~
Various streets, locations, & years

  � Humboldt Ave business area
  � Main Street east & west sides,
     from north & south
  � North Burns St.
  � Holmes & Humbolt Aves
  � City Park; Flood 1910

More to come

~ Redfield Buildings ~
Several views; various years

  � Spink County Courthouse
  � Courthouse & Jail
  � Public Library & Irving Street 1907
     sent by Dorothy Bingham
  � Redfield Post Office - 2 photos
  � Masonic Building
  � E.C. Issenhuth Building
    plus bio & other info links
  � Railroad Depot - Then & Now
  � Railroad Yards & Train
  � Redfield Flouring Mills
  � Law Building

~ Redfield Schools - College - Institutions ~
Several photos of each

Redfield College - circa 1910 - colorized
Redfield College History - 1904
Merger with Wilton German English College

Northern Hospital for the Feeble Minded
Custodian Building - School for the Feeble Minded
State School and Home - circa 1940 ?

Redfield Public Schools

~ Cemetery Photos & Transcriptions ~

Buffalo Cemetery - Buffalo township - 16 burials
St. John's Cemetery - not completed - yet!

(temp url: You can view photo of cemetery entrance - plus other cemeteries I'm working on or have completed)

Town photos are from vintage postcards. There's more than the examples below. Click a town to go to photo album links.
Buffalo Cemetery is online .
I've only begun to transcribe & photograph St. John's cemetery. Both are near Hand County line, with a Tulare address.

~ Redfield Misc. Photos ~

� Breaking the speed limit - Redfield
2 unidentified boys

� Wilson Motel - Redfield 1950's cars
Camp Hagman SDNG 1916
Redfield, SD
Camp Hagman SDNG Troops 1916
Baldwin Community Hospital
and Nurse Edna Stone - 1929

More Research Help

Spink County Township Map - 8 SW townships
( includes locations of Buffalo & St. John's cemeteries)
Spink County Cemetery Locations - 25 listed!

Newspaper article: 16th Annual Convention of Retail Dealers Meets At Redifield May 20-22, 1913 - *several surnames*
Redfield Press May 30, 1940: 1940 RHS Graduation, Awards, Baccalaureate.
Separate Grad Photos Page: 1940 Refield High School Graduates.

~ Off-site Links ~

SD GenWeb Spink County Genealogy
SD GenWeb County Archives Selection
SD Gen Web - South Dakota Genealogy Site
Spink County, SD Queries
Spink County SD Land Tracts (J. Huber) - index to first land owners
Spink County SD - history, list of current towns, local interest, city & couthouse offices - info and phone/fax
Redfield Press (newspaper online) - current news
Redfield, South Dakota - town website - click on History link too!
Tulare, South Dakota - town website - click on History link too!

~ Neighboring Counties ~

SD Gen Web Faulk County Genealogy - Mary Buchholz, coord.
Mary Clarkston Buchholz Family Pages - Spink/Hand/Faulk connections

~ More Spink County, SD Towns ~
Click side bar for each town's main page & photo links.
New towns & their vintage photos added as found.
~ Tulare, South Dakota ~
~ Conde, South Dakota ~
~ Doland, South Dakota ~
~ Frankfort, South Dakota ~
~ Mellette, South Dakota ~
~ Northville, South Dakota ~
~ Turton, South Dakota ~

~ Redfield Residences ~

   � C.E. Stutenroth - residence - 1907       sent by Dorothy Bingham
   � F.W. Bruell - residence
      sent 1907 by Dorothy Bingham
   �  Several unidentified
   � Eastern Star Home - Redfield
� Filmore Sanitarium - Redfield
      no date; private home??
UPDATED INFO on Filmore San.

NEW !
08-07-2006
1930 RHS Pheasant
Yearbook - photos

07-02-2006
1940 Redfield Grads
Redfield Press
News Article
Photo Page
12-06-2005
Newspaper article: Retail Convention held in Redfield, May 20-22, 1913. Check surnames!