Riverside Stock Farm, Huron, South Dakota, circa 1905

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Artifact Overview

Riverside Stock Farm was part of a thriving livestock industry in Huron, South Dakota. In the early 1880s, the Chicago and Northwestern Railway chose this east-central South Dakota site on the west bank of the St. James River for its division headquarters. Huron, and its surrounding farms, quickly sprang to life. Nearby railroad transportation made raising livestock a profitable venture.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1905

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.DPC.04555

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 6.813 in
Width: 8.938 in