Pedro, South Dakota
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  Pedro | |
| Coordinates: 44°25′12″N 102°07′08″W / 44.42°N 102.119°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | South Dakota |
| County | Pennington |
| Elevation | 2,031 ft (619 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
Pedro is a populated place in Pennington County, South Dakota.[1] Pedro once had a population of 300 and had its own newspaper, the Pedro Bugle, but is now a ghost town.[2]
History
The community's name was selected during a session of the card game Pedro.[3]
Carrie Ingalls (Little House on the Prairie) worked for E.L. Senn (who owned as many as fifty-one newspapers in South Dakota at that time)[4] in Pedro, which was not too far from her claim. By the summer of 1909, she was the manager working for Senn at the Pedro Bugle[5][6][7]
References
- ^ "Pedro - Local Area Photos and Information". SD HomeTown Locator. HTL. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- ^ "Carrie Ingalls". Keystone Area Historical Society. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 56.
- ^ E.L.Senn on pioneergirlproject.org
- ^ Carrie Ingalls profile on Keystone Area Historical Society Official Homepage
- ^ Carrie Ingalls on littlehousediscussion.blogspot.com
- ^ Carrie Ingalls on littlehouseontheprairie.com
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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