By now, most of you have heard the incredible story of how the Presentation Sisters conceived a strategy to move a four-story brick building from... Read more »
Public Transportation in Aberdeen. For about Aberdeen’s first 70 years, there was a lot of interest in private public transportation—that is, moving many people within... Read more »
Seeing what could be a “once in a lifetime opportunity,” a generation of Smittys baseball players will descend on Aberdeen this summer for a reunion... Read more »
Since 2010, Aberdeen has had a population increase of 9.24%, according to the World Population Review. If you need any physical proof of Aberdeen’s growth,... Read more »
Aberdeen swept the first State basketball tournament, but was 1913 really the tournament’s inaugural year? Redfield Pheasants might beg to differ. When I asked him... Read more »
With an influx in enrollment after WWII, Northern State Teachers College responded to a student housing shortage by adding a group of Quonset huts that... Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. –When Ken Kirkpatrick sent us his story about Harmetta, The Pickerel Lake Ghost, we asked on the “You know you’re from Aberdeen, South Dakota,... Read more »
The Cemeteries and Tombstones of Aberdeen When I was a kid, my wacky red-headed aunt visited from New England and showed off her latest hobby:... Read more »
Could a nickname be the secret to Aberdeen’s early fame? For the last decade, Aberdeen has been using the advertising slogan Write your Story in... Read more »
Area settlements that vanished In this issue, we’ll look at the late-blooming towns in the Brown County area that sprang up along or near the... Read more »
