South Dakota -- Washabaugh County

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This collection contains notarial books, paperwork regarding Belvidere School District, civil case filings, notification of births and deaths from Washabaugh County, postcards with corrections to birth names, stallion records, burial removals to Jackson County and one adoption record.

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This series contains the school census reports for the districts within both Jackson and Washabaugh counties from 1916 to 1978 with the majority of the reports coming from Jackson County. As these are the reports sent to the Department of School and Public land many contain only the student’s name, age and parent’s name but later reports (those after 1945) may contain information on student mental and physical disabilities.

Scope and Contents This series contains Mothers’ Pension records filed with the Jackson County Clerk of Courts between 1915 and 1933. Passed in 1913, the South Dakota Mothers’ Pension Law provided monetary support to poor mothers whose husbands were deceased, imprisoned, or permanently disabled by reasons of physical or mental infirmity. A 1915 amendment enabled divorced women to receive the pension as well. Administration of the Mothers’ Pension was overseen by the county courts. Case files typically contain...

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This report determines special health care problems in rural communities in South Dakota. The following counties were included in the study: Bennett, Gregory, Haakon, Jackson, Jones, Lyman, Mellette, Todd, Tripp, and Washabaugh.

Scope and Contents This series contains railroad and telephone tax registers, and a hunter’s license fee book for Jackson County covering the years 1915 to 2000. Also included is a Washabaugh County road warrant register, which records warrants paid by Jackson County on behalf of Washabaugh County from 1920 to 1953. Washabaugh County was attached to Jackson County for judicial and administrative purposes for many years before officially being absorbed into the county in 1983....

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This collection consists of one loose binder of local history on the settlement of Washabaugh County. It contains histories of local families and settlements. Includes photographs and hand drawings. The work is a school project with the stories and drawings completed by school children.

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This series contains the case files of individuals who received assistance from the Works Progress Administration program in Washabaugh County. Records are arranged numerically by case number. Please see box list for more information.

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This series contains the case files of individuals who received assistance from the Works Progress Administration program in Washabaugh County. Records are arranged numerically by case number. Please see box list for more information.