[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 15742]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING THE CITY OF GREGORY

 Mr. JOHNSON. Mr. President, today I honor and acknowledge the 
town of Gregory, SD, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this 
year.
  Gregory was founded on August 8, 1904, and a year later had grown to 
over 500 residents, supported by banks, a meat market, lumber 
companies, hotels, and blacksmiths. The town was named for John Shaw 
Gregory, a councilman and representative in the Dakota Territory 
Legislature from 1862 until 1868. Gregory also served in the United 
States Navy for 12 years and was appointed ``Special Agent to the 
Poncas'' in 1859 and worked on the Ponca Indian Reservation.
  Soon after the town's founding in 1908, the North Western Line 
Railroad brought 15 trains daily to Gregory. Today Gregory boasts more 
than 50 businesses and over 1,200 residents. The annual pheasant season 
in October attracts sportsmen from across the Nation.
  To celebrate its 100th anniversary, the residents of Gregory will 
hold the Oscar Micheaux Film Festival, a celebration featuring the 
Lewis and Clark Journey and Discovery, and a Crazy Day Fire Department 
Film Festival and Appreciation Day. Celebrations have already begun and 
will continue throughout the year. It is with great honor that I advise 
my colleagues of the achievements made by this great community.

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