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Elk Point Tragedy

"Image of Union County Courthouse, Courthouse Square, Elk Point, Union County, SD"
Union County Courthouse, Courthouse Square, Elk Point, Union County, SD

 

The Farmers’ Holiday Association was an organization consisting of mainly midwestern and Great Plains farmers who organized a farming protest, or "holiday." This group created controversy when it caused the Elk Point Tragedy, where a milk distributor was killed.

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Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, Van Sickle, and Bill Lackey, Boucher, Jack, photographer. Union County Courthouse, Courthouse Square, Elk Point, Union County, SD. Elk Point South Dakota Union County, 1933. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/sd0013/.