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Ok the others may be away or something. This is how I remember it: the town of Sturgis basically grew to serve the calvary (sp?) at Ft. Meade around the 1870's. The town was quite a wild party town ( I guess kind of like the current Motorcycle Rally which I have survived 11 of them--one year I did get out of town! ) but anyway the townspeople knew which day the soldiers got paid and when the soldiers went to town (Sturgis) the people of Sturgis would "scoop" their money from them as they were drinking, playing cards etc etc (you get the idea! )
Now that I have children, it is suddently hitting me that it is kind of strange to name your school mascot over something which such a colorful past! oh well! As I remember the actual mascot is a guy holding a shovel! But that's the story as I remember it! OK, who wants to go next?!!!!
Pam
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) but anyway the townspeople knew which day the soldiers got paid and when the soldiers went to town (Sturgis) the people of Sturgis would "scoop" their money from them as they were drinking, playing cards etc etc (you get the idea! 
