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May as well break the ice. Like at a dance, the music plays and everyone waits until someone else gets up. Lemmon is my birth place. Even though I have been gone many years, I still have a place in my heart for this wonderful prairie town. I used to live across the street from the Lemmon School in 1925 to 1929. That is going back. At eighty years old, I am getting sentimental. I still remember my Uncle Jim planting a tree in the parkway.
My mother was born and raised in Lemmon SD. When she died some years ago, at 82, I had a heck of a time getting to any records of her. Seems that they somehow ended up in Bismark. I finally got a copy of her birth record.
At any rate, she was Juanita. She had 3 brothers, Bob, Leo and Bill. Her father was Al. Her mother died when she was very young, and I'm sorry to say I don't remember her name.
I wish I could retire there, but it looks like housing is up up and away past my means. Thats also a shame.
A bit late for a reply now, You can surely get around nearly year around if you have a front wheel drive car, hell I grew up driving an old 1950 Ford, don't think I was ever stuck. Of course you need common sense, you don't leave town if a blizzard is coming, when the snow is very heavy and there are "near blizzard" conditions, stay the hell home. Now days nearly everyone has a 4wd simply because most of the new cars are built that way. Yes a lot of country folks still drink from the wells on their farms, many have very good sweet water, however some are rather salty. The past decade or so has seen the rural water program come through transporting water from The Missouri River dams throughout the farmlands and towns. Most towns, Lemmon Included now get their water that way, it is better then the old city wells used to be, not that the water was bad but the city crew was, well, not steady with their addition of chlorine to purify it. We drive to Bismarck quite regularly year around, or Dickinson which is smaller but has most of the same stores. Rapid City is a bit farther but remains an easy drive year around as well. South Dakota has a great Highway Department and plows the roads many times even during snow storms. Towns are indeed farther apart then in most areas, for Example to get on Highway 73 and head South, it will be 60 some odd miles to the next town. Of course you can turn about half way down and drive over to Bison which is only 39 miles from my home. The nearest hospital is in Hettinger ND, some 25 miles West of town. We used to have a rather nice hospital years ago, but could not keep a decent doctor so it was converted to a nursing home, in fact my mom lives there now, it is actually a great facility, mom loves it so long as I drive the 5 blocks up to visit her every week or so.
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