Promise, South Dakota
Promise is an unincorporated community in Dewey County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.[1]
History
A post office called Promise was established in 1911, and remained in operation until 1951.[2] The community has the name of John Promise, a local minister.[3] "Preacher" is an English translation of his Native American surname.[4]
gollark: The general lesson is probably something like "magically be likeable and you can get away with anything ever".
gollark: At one point my school's CCTV cameras were available on the internal network and used the default password for the software they had.
gollark: Well, they've at least... probably been convenient for people?
gollark: Try locally inverting time for your toast.
gollark: They covered the floor of their network floor in lava to prevent me from being there, even. I don't think they were very smart.
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Promise, South Dakota
- "Dewey County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 106.
- Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 57.
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