Golden Jubilee Edition. The Brookings Register. "South Dakota's Leading Weekly." Commemorating The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Founding Of The City Of Brookings, Together With A History Of The Count And White, Elkton, Volga Bruce, Sinai And Bushnell

The Brookings Register

Publication: Privately printed, 1929, Brookings

Supplementary to Volume XLVIII, Number 12, July 18, 1929. 24 pp.in bright yellow pictorial wrappers with various water scenes on the front wrapper and advertisements on the rear wrapper, illustrations, advertisements. Articles include "From Prarie to Agricultural and Educational Center in 50 Years," "Early History of Brookings County," "First Church and School in Brookings County,"From Bare Prairie to City of Five Thousand," "Brookings' School History," "First Church in Brookings," "Authority for First Postmaster in Brookings County," "Romantic Oakwood, Inspirer of Legends," " A Partial List of the Early Settlers Still Living," State College Nearing Half Century Mark," numerous various pioneer sketches, "How Brookings Looked in the Days When It Was an Infant -- 1881,"First Settlement In County Was At Old Medary," "White," "Elkton," "Aurora," "Bushnell," "Lake Hendricks," "Sinai," "The Discovery of the Big Sioux," etc. Horizontal fold with wear and closed splits at fold. Also wear and chipping to spine and page edges. Filled with important and interesting information.

Inventory Number: 38017