[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16839]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              150TH ANNIVERSARY OF JEFFERSON, SOUTH DAKOTA

 Mr. JOHNSON. Mr. President, today I pay tribute to the 150th 
anniversary of the founding of Jefferson, SD. This community in 
southeastern South Dakota has a rich heritage, as well as a promising 
future.
  Jefferson was first settled in 1859 by three families on the site of 
Lewis and Clark's first settlement in South Dakota. Its original name 
was Adelescat after young girl, Adele, lost her cat and all the 
settlers joined together to find it. In 1876, the town built their 
Grasshopper Cross to keep their crops safe after 2 particularly hard 
years. The town was formally organized in 1885 after the arrival of the 
railroad and renamed for President Thomas Jefferson.
  The people of Jefferson celebrate this momentous occasion on the 
weekend of July 10-12, 2009. South Dakota's small communities are the 
bedrock of our economy and vital to the future of our State. One 
hundred and fifty years after its founding, Jefferson remains a 
progressive community and a great asset to the wonderful State of South 
Dakota. I am proud to honor Jefferson on this historic 
milestone.

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