Pioneer Lad "Little Fellows" - Clark SD
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PeterNoG
N 44° 52.598 W 097° 36.538
14T E 609869 N 4970187
For nearly 60 years, Clark Rotary has carried on a tradition that started in 1890. This Rotary sign memorializes that tradition.
Waymark Code: WM6Z28
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 08/08/2009
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~ Text from marker which marks the best access to the grave site located about 0.8 miles NNE at N 44° 53.262 W 097° 36.310 ~
Pioneer Lad "Little Fellow"
The friendship of an un-named pioneer boy, "Little Fellow" and his brakeman friend, "Big Bill" Chambers, dates back to 1888. "Little Fellow", who waved daily to his friend, died in 1890 in a nearby family shanty.
Due to his love for "Big Bill" and the locomotives he was buried along the Chicago and Northwestern RR Tracks 1/4 mi. East and 1 mi. North of this point. Chambers became the conductor of train No. 106, and for years stopped the train each Memorial Day to place flower and conduct a service in memory of his little friend. Annually the Clark Rotary Club continues this loving spirit tradition on Memorial DayWhen the railroad tracks were being removed, a short piece was left as a continuing tribute.
The Little Fellow's grave: (
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A mural about the Little Fellow is in Clark SD (
visit link) This has more info about the Rotary involvement.