ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

With some gentle prodding by Dennis Goreham and through their love of De Smet’s history, the authors, Cheryl Palmlund and Sharon Peterson, set about to bring you the history of De Smet through the use of postcards and pictures.

Appreciation is extended to the people of the community who gave of their time and knowledge to assist the authors in putting this book together.

The authors are grateful to Dennis Goreham for loaning his extensive collection of De Smet postcards, as well as to the Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society and an anonymous collector. They are thankful to those who loaned their family pictures and organization pictures, including the following: De Smet Fire Department, Caryn Hojer, James Brandt, Bob and Nancy Montross, Greg and Kay (O’Keefe) Wolkow, Fred Peschl family, Denise (Pratt) Larson, Dollie Purintun, Margaret Schultz, Gordon Skyberg, Patti Ward-Slater, and Dr. Richard Tschetter. Unless otherwise indicated, all images are from the Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society.

It is hoped this book will instill in others how important it is to be a caretaker of the past, so that our future can always be guided by what has been achieved.