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TRANSPORTATION: RAILROAD: HISTORY :
UNITED STATES: STATES: SOUTH DAKOTA: HISTORY:
A Pioneer Railroad Builder of South Dakota
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A Pioneer Railroad Builder of South Dakota
Charles Prior
South Dakota Historical Society
Butte County Post
Rapid Journal.com
Belle Fourche Community
http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/communities/belle_fourche/
a-pioneer-railroad-builder-of-south-dakota/
article_2fbf233b-c700-5cb9-9667-6b001fbd7066.html
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/mksm4ug
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Charles Prior put many towns in South Dakota on the map.
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Prior was an official in Minneapolis with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railway Company, commonly known as the Milwaukee Road. His job was to
decide where the new railroad tracks would go and make new towns along the
railroad.Between 1880 and 1884,at least 23 townsin what would become South
Dakota were platted, or laid out, on land owned byPrior, according to The
Influence of Railroads upon the Processes and Patterns of Settlement in
South Dakota by James Fredric Hamburg.
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These towns were Milbank, Waubay, Webster, Bristol, Andover, Groton, Bath,
Aberdeen, Mina, Ipswich, Wilmot, Frederick, Westport, Warner, Mellette,
Ashton, Tulare, Bonilla, Virgil, Alpena, Woonsocket, Artesian and Roswell.
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In an interview published in the Prior Lake American in 1976, Harold Rhame
of Saint Paul, Minn., said: My grandfather, Charles Prior, was a very
meticulous man. Everything he did was proper and precise. He kept a daily
diary and in it recorded items, many of which were rather mundane, though
many items were records of historical value.
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For example, at LaCrosse, Wis., on March 14, 1867, Prior mentions that the
men on the gravel train went on strike asking for wages of 12 cents an
hour.
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A contemporary of railroad magnate James J. Hill, Prior wrote in his diary
on July 8, 1879, Saw Jim Hill in St. Paul, who says that John C. Duncan of
Des Moines, Ia., has 30 miles of railroad to sell him for $30,000. Hill
wants me to take half with him.
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Prior refused the offer.
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Prior was born in Connecticut on Aug. 1, 1833. His family moved to
Cleveland, Ohio, when he was about 5 years old. He studied at Oberlin
College and at Ohio State University, graduating with a degree in civil
engineering, according to his obituary. He soon started working for
railroads as a civil engineer.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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