Elva Searby, daughter of Emma Adeline Lazenby and Edward Alfred Searby, was born in Cherry County, Nebraska, on 12 September 1893. She graduated from Crookston High School.
Elva Searby and John W. Allard were married at the Searby home 27 September 1916. After working for Will Searby at his Trading Post in St. Francis, South Dakota, for one year, they moved all their possessions and livestock and lived in a tent while they built their small home seven miles southwest of Norris, South Dakota. They built up their herds of cattle and horses, acquiring more land as the neighboring Indians sold it to them. The names of some of their neighbors were Dick Larvie, David Gerry, Tom and Fred Two Sticks, Jimmy Bear Shield, Alex Whipple and his sons Frank, Don, Bob and Clarence. Jimmy Bear Shield often came walking to trade potatoes for chickens and eggs. He lived near a creek where the coyotes usually killed his chickens, but he could raise garden vegetables with the better water supply.
John and Elva could both speak the Sioux language. They shared their beef and whatever they could with their neighbors and friends. The Larvic and Gerry families often came through the pastures to gather a wagonload of dry wood from the creeks for their stoves. Wood was gathered by all of us during the summer for the cookstove and heater in the winter. Then it had to be chopped or sawed and stacked for use during the long, cold winter months. Wild plums, currants, grapes, choke cherries and buffalo berries were hunted and picked for jelly.
On some quiet summer evenings, the sounds of the tom-tom drums from the Indian camps near the Two Sticks homes could be heard. The family enjoyed going to watch the colorful, fascinating Indian dances, and to take part in it and to learn to dance as the Indiana did. We were always welcome to the pow-pows.
John hauled freight of all kinds-lumber, grain, groceries, and other supplies-in a large freight wagon pulled by six horses, between the railroad towns in Nebraska and the people of the communities in South Dakota. The only store in Norris was operated by Paul H. Putnam. Trips to Norris to trade cream and eggs for groceries were infrequent, only as needed to buy some things not available at home.
Water from the windmill had to be pumped by hand if the wind did not blow enough and the creek went dry. A stone boat was used to haul water in barrels to the livestock in the corrals. During calving time in the spring someone had to ride the pastures every day, to make certain all calves and cows were well and had water. The large herds of cattle grazing and horses with their colts running across the prairie were beautiful sights. Roundup times for branding and vaccinating were shared by the people of the neighboring ranches: the Whipples, Louie Reynolds, Joe Williams, Frank Bauman and others. In the fall the cattle and horses were shipped to market in Iowa or Wisconsin. Summers were spent mowing, hauling and stacking the prairie hay for winter to feed the livestock. The hay racks, piled high with hay, sometimes upset when the horses turned too sharply on the uneven ground and trails through the ditches. The small farm ground was used for growing oats, corn and cane for winter feed.
Seven children were born into the Allard family: Gladys, Russell, Doris, Jeannette, Dean, Ilene and Beverly. Gladys was the first to start school while staying with Elva's sister. Myrtle Kampfe, near Wanblee. Russell attended his first grade at Uncle Ira Allard's home near Wanamaker. Then the people of the community saw the need for a school; Earl Keever donated an acre of land and Hillcrest School was built by Earl, John Allard, John Gayler and others. Gwen Keever was the first teacher. Thereafter, all the Allard children rode horseback four miles to school through eighth grade. Gladys went to high school in Wanblee. Russell and Doris started high school in Norris for two years, then Russell graduated from Crookston, Nebraska. Doris and Jeannette attended Wanblee High School. Dean, Ilene and Beverly each graduated from Kadoka High School. Two men who worked part time with the Allard family over many years and were regarded as members of the family were James Muthard and Ted Krueger.
Prairie fires were a dreaded threat to everyone, and anytime smoke was seen on the horizon, work always stopped and people went to help put out the fire wherever it was. Once when Elva was away visiting her parents, Delia and Roy Bartley were staying with John and Russell. A fire burned closer and closer to home. John and Roy were doing their best to keep the fire away from the house but were not sure they could. John told Delia to keep Russell in the house and if the flames came over the home, not to try to run from the fire but to wait until the flames had passed the house. They could escape because the house would burn slowly, but they could not outrun a fire. Fortunately, the fire passed away from the house.
Rattlesnakes were another threat to both people and animals. Dean was bitten once while climbing a haystack. He was taken to Rosebud Hospital for anti-venom serum and recovered well.
Russell enlisted in the Army during World War II and served in the South Pacific Islands. When he returned he married Maxine O'Bryan and lived on a farm just a few miles north of his parents. Russell died in 1973 on his farm.
Dean was married to Lucy Wilson, and later to Darlene Amiott. They now live in Norris. The Allard girls moved away after they graduated from high school to find work or go to college.
Elva Allard died in Rapid City in 1963 and John lived alone on the ranch until his death there in 1970. No one lives on the ranch where John and Elva labored and prospered for over 50 years, but it is still owned by their grandchildren, Sharon, Bruce and Stanley Allard.
Elva Searby and John W. Allard were married at the Searby home 27 September 1916. After working for Will Searby at his Trading Post in St. Francis, South Dakota, for one year, they moved all their possessions and livestock and lived in a tent while they built their small home seven miles southwest of Norris, South Dakota. They built up their herds of cattle and horses, acquiring more land as the neighboring Indians sold it to them. The names of some of their neighbors were Dick Larvie, David Gerry, Tom and Fred Two Sticks, Jimmy Bear Shield, Alex Whipple and his sons Frank, Don, Bob and Clarence. Jimmy Bear Shield often came walking to trade potatoes for chickens and eggs. He lived near a creek where the coyotes usually killed his chickens, but he could raise garden vegetables with the better water supply.
John and Elva could both speak the Sioux language. They shared their beef and whatever they could with their neighbors and friends. The Larvic and Gerry families often came through the pastures to gather a wagonload of dry wood from the creeks for their stoves. Wood was gathered by all of us during the summer for the cookstove and heater in the winter. Then it had to be chopped or sawed and stacked for use during the long, cold winter months. Wild plums, currants, grapes, choke cherries and buffalo berries were hunted and picked for jelly.
On some quiet summer evenings, the sounds of the tom-tom drums from the Indian camps near the Two Sticks homes could be heard. The family enjoyed going to watch the colorful, fascinating Indian dances, and to take part in it and to learn to dance as the Indiana did. We were always welcome to the pow-pows.
John hauled freight of all kinds-lumber, grain, groceries, and other supplies-in a large freight wagon pulled by six horses, between the railroad towns in Nebraska and the people of the communities in South Dakota. The only store in Norris was operated by Paul H. Putnam. Trips to Norris to trade cream and eggs for groceries were infrequent, only as needed to buy some things not available at home.
Water from the windmill had to be pumped by hand if the wind did not blow enough and the creek went dry. A stone boat was used to haul water in barrels to the livestock in the corrals. During calving time in the spring someone had to ride the pastures every day, to make certain all calves and cows were well and had water. The large herds of cattle grazing and horses with their colts running across the prairie were beautiful sights. Roundup times for branding and vaccinating were shared by the people of the neighboring ranches: the Whipples, Louie Reynolds, Joe Williams, Frank Bauman and others. In the fall the cattle and horses were shipped to market in Iowa or Wisconsin. Summers were spent mowing, hauling and stacking the prairie hay for winter to feed the livestock. The hay racks, piled high with hay, sometimes upset when the horses turned too sharply on the uneven ground and trails through the ditches. The small farm ground was used for growing oats, corn and cane for winter feed.
Seven children were born into the Allard family: Gladys, Russell, Doris, Jeannette, Dean, Ilene and Beverly. Gladys was the first to start school while staying with Elva's sister. Myrtle Kampfe, near Wanblee. Russell attended his first grade at Uncle Ira Allard's home near Wanamaker. Then the people of the community saw the need for a school; Earl Keever donated an acre of land and Hillcrest School was built by Earl, John Allard, John Gayler and others. Gwen Keever was the first teacher. Thereafter, all the Allard children rode horseback four miles to school through eighth grade. Gladys went to high school in Wanblee. Russell and Doris started high school in Norris for two years, then Russell graduated from Crookston, Nebraska. Doris and Jeannette attended Wanblee High School. Dean, Ilene and Beverly each graduated from Kadoka High School. Two men who worked part time with the Allard family over many years and were regarded as members of the family were James Muthard and Ted Krueger.
Prairie fires were a dreaded threat to everyone, and anytime smoke was seen on the horizon, work always stopped and people went to help put out the fire wherever it was. Once when Elva was away visiting her parents, Delia and Roy Bartley were staying with John and Russell. A fire burned closer and closer to home. John and Roy were doing their best to keep the fire away from the house but were not sure they could. John told Delia to keep Russell in the house and if the flames came over the home, not to try to run from the fire but to wait until the flames had passed the house. They could escape because the house would burn slowly, but they could not outrun a fire. Fortunately, the fire passed away from the house.
Rattlesnakes were another threat to both people and animals. Dean was bitten once while climbing a haystack. He was taken to Rosebud Hospital for anti-venom serum and recovered well.
Russell enlisted in the Army during World War II and served in the South Pacific Islands. When he returned he married Maxine O'Bryan and lived on a farm just a few miles north of his parents. Russell died in 1973 on his farm.
Dean was married to Lucy Wilson, and later to Darlene Amiott. They now live in Norris. The Allard girls moved away after they graduated from high school to find work or go to college.
Elva Allard died in Rapid City in 1963 and John lived alone on the ranch until his death there in 1970. No one lives on the ranch where John and Elva labored and prospered for over 50 years, but it is still owned by their grandchildren, Sharon, Bruce and Stanley Allard.
Elva Searby, daughter of Emma Adeline Lazenby and Edward Alfred Searby, was born in Cherry County, Nebraska, on 12 September 1893. She graduated from Crookston High School.
Elva Searby and John W. Allard were married at the Searby home 27 September 1916. After working for Will Searby at his Trading Post in St. Francis, South Dakota, for one year, they moved all their possessions and livestock and lived in a tent while they built their small home seven miles southwest of Norris, South Dakota. They built up their herds of cattle and horses, acquiring more land as the neighboring Indians sold it to them. The names of some of their neighbors were Dick Larvie, David Gerry, Tom and Fred Two Sticks, Jimmy Bear Shield, Alex Whipple and his sons Frank, Don, Bob and Clarence. Jimmy Bear Shield often came walking to trade potatoes for chickens and eggs. He lived near a creek where the coyotes usually killed his chickens, but he could raise garden vegetables with the better water supply.
John and Elva could both speak the Sioux language. They shared their beef and whatever they could with their neighbors and friends. The Larvic and Gerry families often came through the pastures to gather a wagonload of dry wood from the creeks for their stoves. Wood was gathered by all of us during the summer for the cookstove and heater in the winter. Then it had to be chopped or sawed and stacked for use during the long, cold winter months. Wild plums, currants, grapes, choke cherries and buffalo berries were hunted and picked for jelly.
On some quiet summer evenings, the sounds of the tom-tom drums from the Indian camps near the Two Sticks homes could be heard. The family enjoyed going to watch the colorful, fascinating Indian dances, and to take part in it and to learn to dance as the Indiana did. We were always welcome to the pow-pows.
John hauled freight of all kinds-lumber, grain, groceries, and other supplies-in a large freight wagon pulled by six horses, between the railroad towns in Nebraska and the people of the communities in South Dakota. The only store in Norris was operated by Paul H. Putnam. Trips to Norris to trade cream and eggs for groceries were infrequent, only as needed to buy some things not available at home.
Water from the windmill had to be pumped by hand if the wind did not blow enough and the creek went dry. A stone boat was used to haul water in barrels to the livestock in the corrals. During calving time in the spring someone had to ride the pastures every day, to make certain all calves and cows were well and had water. The large herds of cattle grazing and horses with their colts running across the prairie were beautiful sights. Roundup times for branding and vaccinating were shared by the people of the neighboring ranches: the Whipples, Louie Reynolds, Joe Williams, Frank Bauman and others. In the fall the cattle and horses were shipped to market in Iowa or Wisconsin. Summers were spent mowing, hauling and stacking the prairie hay for winter to feed the livestock. The hay racks, piled high with hay, sometimes upset when the horses turned too sharply on the uneven ground and trails through the ditches. The small farm ground was used for growing oats, corn and cane for winter feed.
Seven children were born into the Allard family: Gladys, Russell, Doris, Jeannette, Dean, Ilene and Beverly. Gladys was the first to start school while staying with Elva's sister. Myrtle Kampfe, near Wanblee. Russell attended his first grade at Uncle Ira Allard's home near Wanamaker. Then the people of the community saw the need for a school; Earl Keever donated an acre of land and Hillcrest School was built by Earl, John Allard, John Gayler and others. Gwen Keever was the first teacher. Thereafter, all the Allard children rode horseback four miles to school through eighth grade. Gladys went to high school in Wanblee. Russell and Doris started high school in Norris for two years, then Russell graduated from Crookston, Nebraska. Doris and Jeannette attended Wanblee High School. Dean, Ilene and Beverly each graduated from Kadoka High School. Two men who worked part time with the Allard family over many years and were regarded as members of the family were James Muthard and Ted Krueger.
Prairie fires were a dreaded threat to everyone, and anytime smoke was seen on the horizon, work always stopped and people went to help put out the fire wherever it was. Once when Elva was away visiting her parents, Delia and Roy Bartley were staying with John and Russell. A fire burned closer and closer to home. John and Roy were doing their best to keep the fire away from the house but were not sure they could. John told Delia to keep Russell in the house and if the flames came over the home, not to try to run from the fire but to wait until the flames had passed the house. They could escape because the house would burn slowly, but they could not outrun a fire. Fortunately, the fire passed away from the house.
Rattlesnakes were another threat to both people and animals. Dean was bitten once while climbing a haystack. He was taken to Rosebud Hospital for anti-venom serum and recovered well.
Russell enlisted in the Army during World War II and served in the South Pacific Islands. When he returned he married Maxine O'Bryan and lived on a farm just a few miles north of his parents. Russell died in 1973 on his farm.
Dean was married to Lucy Wilson, and later to Darlene Amiott. They now live in Norris. The Allard girls moved away after they graduated from high school to find work or go to college.
Elva Allard died in Rapid City in 1963 and John lived alone on the ranch until his death there in 1970. No one lives on the ranch where John and Elva labored and prospered for over 50 years, but it is still owned by their grandchildren, Sharon, Bruce and Stanley Allard.
Elva Searby and John W. Allard were married at the Searby home 27 September 1916. After working for Will Searby at his Trading Post in St. Francis, South Dakota, for one year, they moved all their possessions and livestock and lived in a tent while they built their small home seven miles southwest of Norris, South Dakota. They built up their herds of cattle and horses, acquiring more land as the neighboring Indians sold it to them. The names of some of their neighbors were Dick Larvie, David Gerry, Tom and Fred Two Sticks, Jimmy Bear Shield, Alex Whipple and his sons Frank, Don, Bob and Clarence. Jimmy Bear Shield often came walking to trade potatoes for chickens and eggs. He lived near a creek where the coyotes usually killed his chickens, but he could raise garden vegetables with the better water supply.
John and Elva could both speak the Sioux language. They shared their beef and whatever they could with their neighbors and friends. The Larvic and Gerry families often came through the pastures to gather a wagonload of dry wood from the creeks for their stoves. Wood was gathered by all of us during the summer for the cookstove and heater in the winter. Then it had to be chopped or sawed and stacked for use during the long, cold winter months. Wild plums, currants, grapes, choke cherries and buffalo berries were hunted and picked for jelly.
On some quiet summer evenings, the sounds of the tom-tom drums from the Indian camps near the Two Sticks homes could be heard. The family enjoyed going to watch the colorful, fascinating Indian dances, and to take part in it and to learn to dance as the Indiana did. We were always welcome to the pow-pows.
John hauled freight of all kinds-lumber, grain, groceries, and other supplies-in a large freight wagon pulled by six horses, between the railroad towns in Nebraska and the people of the communities in South Dakota. The only store in Norris was operated by Paul H. Putnam. Trips to Norris to trade cream and eggs for groceries were infrequent, only as needed to buy some things not available at home.
Water from the windmill had to be pumped by hand if the wind did not blow enough and the creek went dry. A stone boat was used to haul water in barrels to the livestock in the corrals. During calving time in the spring someone had to ride the pastures every day, to make certain all calves and cows were well and had water. The large herds of cattle grazing and horses with their colts running across the prairie were beautiful sights. Roundup times for branding and vaccinating were shared by the people of the neighboring ranches: the Whipples, Louie Reynolds, Joe Williams, Frank Bauman and others. In the fall the cattle and horses were shipped to market in Iowa or Wisconsin. Summers were spent mowing, hauling and stacking the prairie hay for winter to feed the livestock. The hay racks, piled high with hay, sometimes upset when the horses turned too sharply on the uneven ground and trails through the ditches. The small farm ground was used for growing oats, corn and cane for winter feed.
Seven children were born into the Allard family: Gladys, Russell, Doris, Jeannette, Dean, Ilene and Beverly. Gladys was the first to start school while staying with Elva's sister. Myrtle Kampfe, near Wanblee. Russell attended his first grade at Uncle Ira Allard's home near Wanamaker. Then the people of the community saw the need for a school; Earl Keever donated an acre of land and Hillcrest School was built by Earl, John Allard, John Gayler and others. Gwen Keever was the first teacher. Thereafter, all the Allard children rode horseback four miles to school through eighth grade. Gladys went to high school in Wanblee. Russell and Doris started high school in Norris for two years, then Russell graduated from Crookston, Nebraska. Doris and Jeannette attended Wanblee High School. Dean, Ilene and Beverly each graduated from Kadoka High School. Two men who worked part time with the Allard family over many years and were regarded as members of the family were James Muthard and Ted Krueger.
Prairie fires were a dreaded threat to everyone, and anytime smoke was seen on the horizon, work always stopped and people went to help put out the fire wherever it was. Once when Elva was away visiting her parents, Delia and Roy Bartley were staying with John and Russell. A fire burned closer and closer to home. John and Roy were doing their best to keep the fire away from the house but were not sure they could. John told Delia to keep Russell in the house and if the flames came over the home, not to try to run from the fire but to wait until the flames had passed the house. They could escape because the house would burn slowly, but they could not outrun a fire. Fortunately, the fire passed away from the house.
Rattlesnakes were another threat to both people and animals. Dean was bitten once while climbing a haystack. He was taken to Rosebud Hospital for anti-venom serum and recovered well.
Russell enlisted in the Army during World War II and served in the South Pacific Islands. When he returned he married Maxine O'Bryan and lived on a farm just a few miles north of his parents. Russell died in 1973 on his farm.
Dean was married to Lucy Wilson, and later to Darlene Amiott. They now live in Norris. The Allard girls moved away after they graduated from high school to find work or go to college.
Elva Allard died in Rapid City in 1963 and John lived alone on the ranch until his death there in 1970. No one lives on the ranch where John and Elva labored and prospered for over 50 years, but it is still owned by their grandchildren, Sharon, Bruce and Stanley Allard.
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