[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11653]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     MELLETTE COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA

 Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, today I recognize Mellette County in 
South Dakota. Mellette County will commemorate the 100th anniversary of 
its founding this year.
  Mellette County was organized in 1911 and named after Arthur C. 
Mellette, the first Governor of the State of South Dakota. The county 
seat, White River, is home to the annual Frontier Days celebration and 
rodeo. In celebration of the centennial, the communities of Norris, 
White River, and Wood will be hosting many events to mark this 
important milestone.
  Mellette County has been a successful and thriving example of South 
Dakota values and traditions for the past 100 years, and I am confident 
that it will continue that tradition. I would like to offer my 
congratulations to the citizens of Mellette County on this landmark 
occasion and wish them continued prosperity in the years to 
come.

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