Vanished South Dakota | SDPB Documentary

SDPB tells the story of the vanished towns of South Dakota.

Intro 1:30
Ordway 2:29
Texas Town 4:38
Albee 5:47
Crandon 7:50
Elrod 10:37
Smitchwick 12:49
Bonilla 15:13
Norbeck 16:27
Argonne 18:06
Moritz 20:03
Zeona 22:24
Strool 25:43
Nashville & Harding 28:07
Minnesela 30:08
Dewey 31:29
Manchester 33:56
Verdon 35:29
Hooker 37:44
Firesteel 39:32
Terry 40:42
Spokane 45:57
Trojan 48:00
Tinton 51:37
Conclusion 56:15

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[Izzymohammed]

I am an Australian. And my mother had a pen pal who lived in North Dakota. My Dad took us to meet them in ‘78-‘79 Christmas. It was wonderful. Our first ever white Christmas. It was a small town called Towner ND.

[MatCendana]

I'm 63, in Selangor, Malaysia. Have never been to the US (or anywhere else for that matter). Ever more unlikely at this age and especially health condition. But thanks to YouTube, I can at least watch these places in South Dakota. Featuring genuine people. Without YouTube, I'd never have known anything about these small towns, ever.

[timothyberglund]

My great great uncle Charles Nelson. Herreid was the fourth governor of South Dakota and the town of Harriet is named in his honor. He was good friends with Theodore Roosevelt

[TERoss-jkny]

Recently drove thru SD. I never dreamed how lovely the state is.
If the winters were not so rough, I would move there. MT Rushmore is fascinating, but it doesn’t hold a candle to the wide open range. I can imagine thousands of buffalo grazing out on the plains. I’ve been to North Dakota a few times, and it’s every bit as beautiful as it’s sister.

[janinetaylor]

I'm coming on holiday to South Dakoto in November. All the way from South Africa . Fascinated with the history

[boomerantics]

Very interesting and this conjures many memories. I was domiciled in Huron, SD for about three years while flying essential air service routes for a small regional airline over 30 years ago. When the weather was warm enough and not having much better to do, I explored far and wide on my motorcycle and always stopped at the many long abandoned farm houses, schoolhouses, service stations, grain elevators and other collections of buildings and wondered who once lived and worked there and called it home. It was sad but compelling, almost literally a living ghost story.

[padre]

My Grandmother was born in Salem, SD in 1894 and my father in 1920. They became the “Okies” in “The Grapes of Wrath” when the Dust Storms came and they moved to Houston, Tx. instead of California like so many others. The stories of all their lifelong friends having to pack up and leave one by one never to be seen again were heartbreaking !

[stevereid]

Fabulous documentary. Thankyou. Always been drawn to the American Way. From down here in New Zealand.

[pkh]

Fascinating history! Thanks for remembering. My father in law, Harold Mahoney was born and raised in Geddes, in Charles Mix County. He worked for the Milwaukee Railroad from 1940-1990 except two years during WW II when he served in Europe with the 726th Transportation Company (Milwaukee RR Army Train Company) He lived in multiple locations around the Midwest and Intermountain West (Montana) during his career with the Milwaukee RR….but his eyes lit up like Christmas when he recalled his “magical” childhood in the (mostly) Irish community of Geddes. Until the day he passed, he recalled Geddes and South Dakota with much affection.

[daveholte]

Excellent videos and stories of the days by gone. It would helpful if you could for us hard of hearing folks to activate or turn on the CC feature. We could follow along better by reading the words and sentences. Thanks

[carolragle]

The Firesteel picture of early settlers is the Firesteel in Davison Co. 1879. It was East of Mitchell at the James River. The railroad said it was too low for them to put a depot there, so the town of 27 pioneers at Firesteel moved to higher ground and became Mitchell, named after Alexander Mitchell, Railroad Head

[asullivan]

Excellent photography pictures/along with guest speakers. Enabling viewers to better understand the state's history. Spent quality time in the western region last century.

[kt]

I live in a small town myself and love it! Sorry to see some towns die out. People have no clue what they are missing!

[MarkovianMan]

I'm very fascinated by these vanished towns and at the same time saddened because they represent the broken hopes and dreams of those who lived there. I really enjoyed the interviews with those who either still lived in the towns or had some kind of connection to it (e.g., childhood memories, etc.).

[PaulStatz-xlem]

I and my daughter's drove through Manchester and Volga one week before the tornado hit The following year we went through Volga as I recall a few mobile homes were there but not much else Now they've made a hell of a comeback and have some commercial outlets

[Roadtripmik]

Hello im from Pennsylvania and went to south dakota… the small towns are struggling such as 3 towns: norris, scenic, and ardmore that i went to

[Sebman]

South Dakota is a great neighbor, with love from Minnesota.

[Caddl]

Hi
im grman
And i heard the old lady speaking german, she sounds very natural in it .
I have many historybooks from the comunties here with 3-900 pages, in which often many pages are filled with letters from Immigrants from here to the States.All over the places, and some had really intersting connections to the Natives.

[richardhansen]

Thanks for the video! I was hoping to see White Rock on here. Right on the Minnesota border by Rosholt. I've talked to locals that remember a thriving community there that is there no longer.

[tannyschristy]

Beautiful State. The only state I would move too❤❤❤😊