Ardmore
Jul 9, 2013
Joel Schwader of Rapid City shared these photos of Ardmore, approximately one mile off the South Dakota-Nebraska border on SD Highway 71. The town was founded in 1889 and survived the Great Depression without one family on welfare. Rough times eventually fell on Ardmore and by 2004 it was considered an isolated ghost town.
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right there. Awesome photography, Joel!!
The book takes place in Ardmore and western Nebraska and includes some local folklore like the Witch's Grave, the Ghost Ship of the Platte, the School Children's Blizzard of 1888, Ft. Robinson, Ghost Dancers and strange occurrences along the Oregon Trail.
Check out my pictures and more about the book on my Face Book page @jamesreimerardmore. The book is titled ARDMORE, by James Reimer.
Along with what Kelly said: I always thought of hunting season in November as a holiday, and hope I still make it down to see everyone for the good time! :)
in 2007 we did a TV piece about prairie ghost towns for German TV.
We`ve been to Ardmore SD because we saw the article of National Geographic and found out that there was still one old lady living there: Laureen Hartman.
Can anybody tell, if she is still alive?
Many thanks
Wolf Truchsess
Rich
p.s. If you return, make sure you visit Hot Springs SD, and the Mammoth Site. Very interesting stuff there. www.mammothsite.com
Thanks.
I'm doing a documentary type show on abandon town across South Dakota, for South Dakota Public Broadcasting (SDPB, our PBS channel). I'd like to visit with you or others who have some history to share or know some information about Ardmore. Feel free to email if you can, Stephanie.Rissler@state.sd.us.
I'd appreciate any help.
Thank you.
John, I am very interested in photos you mentioned. I have a few old photos, not much. Also, I'm interested in the book "I Remember Ardmore"; I think that's the name of it.
Please contact me by e mail: stanmitch@comcast.net
Thanks,
Stan Mitchell
I hope to return this summer.