Centennial Celebration is
On!!!
(updated on 6/22/10)
The Dupree Centennial Celebration will go on as planned with just a
few changes in where some events will be held. Due to the loss of
Pioneer Hall some events will move to the School and others to a
tent that was generously donated by friends of the community.
Tentative plans are to locate the tent at the Pioneer Hall
location. All updated information will be available at the
Centennial Registration in Harry's Hall. The Centennial committee
would like all area residents and out of town visitors to stop
at Harry's Hall at their earliest convenience to register for the
celebration and pick up current information on the schedule of
events and where they will be held. Registration will be held from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 8th and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
Friday, July 9th and Saturday, July 10th.
All Centennial souvenir items will be available at Harry's Hall
during the Registration times or in advance by contacting Darla or
Dondra at 1st Insurance Services on Main Street in Dupree.
Order blanks are also be available here on the Dupree website (
click
here to order souvenirs).
DUPREE'S 2010 CENTENNIAL SCHEDULE
Click here
for full (tentative) schedule (updated on 3/30/10)
Limited
Edition Dupree Centennial Rifle
The Dupree Volunteer Fire Department voted to take on this
project on November 13, 2009, after meeting with Mark Smith of A & A
Engraving, Inc. of Rapid City, SD. The Department paid a $1000
deposit and the process was started.
The Rifle is a Rossi (Winchester Replica) Model 92, and the caliber
is 45 Long Colt. The metal is plated with 24kt gold.
The images engraved on the rifle were chosen from photos found in
Ziebach County History Books. The images are:
- Left Side-Centennial Logo, Main Street of Dupree (1910) with a
Train on the tracks at the North end, Farmer plowing with
a 3-horse hitch, an old time Bronc Rider and a Bull Buffalo
- Right Side-Dupree's Old School, the Depot and a group of Tipis,
the 1st Ziebach County Courthouse, Old Locomotive and Creamer
Community Hospital.
- Eagle Feathers are engraved on the trigger guard/lever, the
Corporate Seal for the City of Dupree is located on the butt plate
and the Dupree VFD Logo is engraved on the top of the butt plate.
This Dupree Centennial Rifle is the PROOF Edition and tickets are
being sold now for a chance to win this Beautifully engraved
Rifle. Only 1000 tickets will be sold and the drawing will be held
at the Sunday Rodeo Performance (7/11/2010) of Dupree's Pioneer Days
Centennial Celebration. Tickets are $10 each or (6) for $50.
A & A Engraving, Inc. will produce up to (5) more of these Limited
Edition Rifles which will be numbered pieces. These rifles are
available for purchase. If interested, talk to a member of the
Dupree VFD or contact Mark Smith of A & A Engraving, Inc. (605)
430-4238)
When these Limited Edition Rifles are gone, there will be no more
chances to own one. Get yours by buying a chance to win one or by
purchasing one for your family to have for years. Either way you are
helping support the Dupree Volunteeer Fire Dept.
For more information, contact Fire Chief Bob Menzel at (605)
365-5177 or e-mail
dupreevfdchief@yahoo.com
DUPREE CENTENNIAL NEWS
Planning continues for Dupree's Centennial
Celebration set to begin on July 6, 2010 with a Wagon Train/Trail
Ride which is being organized by Gary Birkeland and Bev Birkeland.
The plan is to start near Rattlesnake Dam on Tuesday, July 6th and
travel north, coming into Dupree on Thursday, July 8th,
parading down Main Street to the Rodeo Grounds. The arrival of the
wagon train and outriders will be symbolic of the settling of Dupree
in 1910. For information and/or registration information on the
Wagon Train/Trail Ride contact either Gary at 365-5272 or Bev at
365-5341. Registration is open to a limited number of entrants. 1st
Financial Bank will be serving a free beef supper at the Rodeo
Grounds beginning at 5 p.m. that evening to commemorate the Bank’s
100th anniversary. Dupree’s own Hee Haw Show is also on Thursday
evening’s schedule beginning at 7 p.m. and there will be no
admission charge for the show.
The Dupree Volunteer Fire Department has purchased a
commemorative gun and tickets are being sold. For more information
on the rifle and pictures of the engravings on it see the article on
this page. Anyone interested in purchasing a ticket may contact a
member of the DVFD - there are only 1,000 tickets being sold.
A Demolition Derby is set for 7 p.m. Friday night
with cars coming from surrounding communities as well as from out of
state. Weather permitting, a fireworks display is being planned and
will be put on by Lonnie Anderson on Friday night. The Alumni supper
and program will take place Friday at Pioneer Hall and there will
also be tours of the school that afternoon. The Ziebach County
Historical Society will have an old time schoolroom set up for
public participation that afternoon also. Hometown entertainment
will follow the Alumni program and beginning at 9 p.m. there will be
a public dance at Pioneer Hall.
Many of the usual activities of Pioneer Days will
also take place over the weekend including the Ziebach County
Historical Society's Silent Auction, an ice cream social, street
sports, antique tractor displays and demonstrations, craft
fair, free Sunday morning breakfast, church services, free stage
entertainment, parades, pow-wows, Saturday night dance and some
great rodeo action. New events to this year's celebration include a
Main Street shootout and for the public, quick draw contests and
blow up games and laser tag from Games Galore. Registration for
Centennial visitors will be open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at
Harry's Hall. Centennial souvenirs will be available there at the
Registration area. The Centennial committee is looking for
volunteers to man the registration center. If you have some free
time and would like to meet and greet the many visitors that will be
coming to Dupree, please contact Dondra Menzel 365-5124 or Darla
Vrooman 365-5711. It will be a great place to catch up with old
friends and make new ones!!
Watch the monthly calendar on this website and also
at
www.dupree.communityblogs.us for dates of the Centennial
planning meetings that will be held to finalize plans for this once
in a lifetime celebration. Come be a part of the planning and
fun!!
CENTENNIAL LODGING
Many people
are already making reservations at area motels and lodges for the
week of the Dupree Centennial celebration. Unfortunately, Dupree no
longer has a motel but we have compiled a list of area facilities
for you:
Bunkhouse Inn, Isabel, SD 605-466-2666
Firesteel Creek Lodge, Isabel, SD 605-466-2452
Moreau River Sanctuary, Isabel, SD (Booked)
Prairie Vista Motel, Faith, SD 605-967-2343
Prairie Traveler’s Inn, Faith, SD 605-967-2635 or 680-3635
Juliet 1 Bed & Breakfast, Opal, SD 605-748-2244 or 877-867-4159
Palmer Ranch House, Faith, SD 605-739-3601 (camper hook-ups also
available)
Wilder Elk Ranch, Timber Lake, SD 605-865-3238
Frank’s Howdy House, Timber Lake, SD 605-865-3367
Handboy Creek Guest Ranch, Trail City, SD 1-800-763-4964 or
605-845-3082
The Limit Hunting Lodge, Timber Lake, SD 605-865-3526
Harding Motel, Eagle Butte, SD 605-964-2449
Cheyenne River Motel, Eagle Butte, SD 605-964-8888
White Horse Bed & Breakfast--A&A Outfitters, White Horse, SD
605-733-2225
Dupree School - Quinn Lenk for camper parking at the school parking
lot (showers will be available) or football field 605-365-5140
Carmen Russell - 3 RV Spaces / 30 amp & water -- dry camping also
available 605-365-5368
FAMILY STORIES FOR 2010 HISTORY SEQUEL
The deadline set for
submitting family stories to the Ziebach County Historical
Society for the 2010 Centennial History Book has passed but stories
can still be accepted at this time. Stories that have been
submitted are being typed and after that has been completed the
stories will be flowed into the book format. At that
point, additional stories can not be added. The Society would like
to see every family in Ziebach County be included in the book and
urges everyone to gather together their family’s history and write
about it. Let us know how and when your family first came to
Ziebach County, where they settled, what they did for a living and
what changes your family has seen over the years. Write about the
schools attended, memories of special occasions, natural disasters,
wars, churches you attended, people you knew, list siblings and
children and information about them and anything else you would like
to have recorded about your family. If you have a picture you would
like to have included please send a copy along.
If you family has been
instrumental in establishing or perpetuating local businesses, tell
us about that. The Society would also like to have any other
historical stories about the area. The old way of life,
organizations, church history and any other topic that should be
remembered by future generations will also be included.
Send your stories to the
Ziebach County Historical Society, PO Box 452, Dupree, SD 57623 or
e-mail them to
thezchs@hotmail.com.
Don’t be left out and don’t wait too long to get your story done.
CENTENNIAL T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE
2010 Centennial t-shirts have arrived and are available by
contacting Darla Vrooman or Dondra Menzel or writing to the Ziebach
County Historical Society, P.O. Box 452, Dupree, SD 57623 or through
e-mail at
thezchs@hotmail.com. The t-shirts have the 2010 Centennial Logo
printed on the back and "Dupree, SD 1910-2010" in a small area on
the front. Colors available in adult sizes (S-M-L-XL-2X) are
yellow, green, blue and lavender and in childrens sizes (S 6-8; M
10-12; L 14-16) are yellow, green, blue and pink. The t-shirts were
funded from Centennial dollars provided by the City of Dupree so
every dollar received from the sale of the shirts will be used to
fund Centennial activities and events. All sizes are $15.00 each
and would make great Christmas gifts. Get yours to show your
support and help advertise the upcoming Centennial.
1982 Ziebach County History Book Available on DVD
The Ziebach County Historical Society is pleased to announce that
the 1982 History Book is now available on DVD. Reprinting the
history book would have been very expensive so an alternate method
of distributing it again was found. The DVD's are available by
contacting Darla Vrooman, Dondra Menzel or any of the ZCHS Board
members. They can also be ordered through the ZCHS, PO Box 452,
Dupree, SD 57623 or through e-mail to
thezchs@hotmail.com.
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