ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA

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'Aberdeen', a city and the county seat of Brown County, South Dakota, USA, about 125 mi (200 km) N.E. of Pierre. Settled in 1880, it was incorporated in 1882. The population was 24,658 at the 2000 census. ''The American News'' is the local newspaper.

Geography and climate

Aberdeen is located in northeastern South Dakota, in the James River valley, approximately west of the river. The James River enters northeastern South Dakota in Brown County, where it is dammed to form two reservoirs northeast of Aberdeen. The city is located directly west of ''Moccasin Creek'', a slow-moving waterway which flows south and then northeast to the James River.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 33.7 km² (13.0 mi²). 33.6 km² (13.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (0.54%) is water.
Aberdeen has been assigned the ZIP code range 57401-57402.

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Monthly Normal and Record High and Low Temperatures
Rec High °F	60	62	82	98	96	112	117	120	108	96	78	62
Norm High °F	21.4	28.5	40.2	57.4	70.2	78.7	84.7	83.5	73.0	59.2	38.8	25.7
Norm Low °F	0.6	8.8	21.2	33.4	45.6	54.8	59.7	57.4	46.5	34.4	19.7	6.3
Rec Low °F	-35	-45	-32	-2	13	33	39	32	20	8	-27	-39
Precip (in)	0.48	0.48	1.34	1.83	2.69	3.49	2.92	2.42	1.81	1.63	0.75	0.38
''Source: USTravelWeather.com [1]''

History

Settlement

Before Aberdeen or Brown County was inhabited by European settlers, it was inhabited by the Sioux Indians from approximately 1700 to 1879. The first appearance of Caucasians was with the founding of fur trading posts during the 1820s; these trading posts remained operational until the mid 1830s. The first “settlers” of this region were the Arikara Indians, but they would later be joined by others.
The first group of Caucasian settlers to reach the area that is now Brown County was a party of only four people, three horses, two mules, fifteen cattle, and two wagons. This group of settlers were later joined by another group the following spring, and eventually more and more settlers continued to migrate towards this general area which is currently Columbia, South Dakota. This town was established June 15, 1879.
The majority of the settlers were Caucasian, the with the next largest group being Native American, a trend that has continued to this day.

Creation of the town

Aberdeen, like many towns of the Midwest, was built around the newly developing railroad systems and was first officially plotted as a town site on January 3, 1881 by Charles Prior, the superintendent of the Minneapolis office of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad, or the Milwaukee Railroad company for short, which was presided over by Alexander Mitchell. Alexander Mitchell, Charles Prior’s boss, was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, from which the town of Aberdeen, South Dakota received its name. Aberdeen was officially founded on July 6, 1881, the date of the first arrival of a Milwaukee Railroad train. Aberdeen then operated under a city charter granted by the Territorial Legislature in March, 1883.
By 1890, Aberdeen was home to approximately 230 businesses, including: approximately sixty retail stores, twelve wholesale houses, twenty hotels, four restaurants, a flour mill, seven livery stables, three lumber yards, three brick factories, a cracker factory, eleven farm implement dealers, a plow factory, thirty-five lawyers, six banks, seven newspapers, eight physicians, six drug stores, five music teachers, two artists, two architects, forty-three real estate agents, six meat markets, one fish market, one map publisher, a soda pop factory, a foundry, a steam laundry, an opera house, a band, a greenhouse, an electric company, telephone service, an artesian well, a library, a race track, a brewery, four cigar factories, and at least nine churches.1
As Aberdeen grew, many businesses and buildings were constructed along Aberdeen’s Main Street. However, this would soon be a problem due to Aberdeen’s “unique” geography; Aberdeen is, after all, referred to as “The Town in the Frog Pond”.2 At first, this unique condition presented no problem to the newly constructed buildings because it had not rained very much; but eventually, citizens would see how inconvenient this problem would become. During dry periods, this Frog Pond caused no trouble and was unnoticeable; but when heavy rains fell, the Pond would reappear and flood the basements of every building on Main Street, causing many business owners and home owners much turmoil. When this flooding would happen, the city had only one little steam pump that was to be used to dry out the entire area that was flooded, which would take days, if not weeks – and more often than not, it would have rained again in this time period and cause even more flooding, even in the basements that had already been emptied of the water. And then, even once the water was gone from the basements, the city still had to deal with the mud that was also a result of the heavy rains. It was because of this Frog Pond that the city decided in 1882 to build an artesian ditch, which would later be upgraded and developed into an artesian well in 1884 to combat the heavy rains and keep the basements from flooding. Even though the artesian well was designed by the city engineers to prevent flooding and develop a water system, this was not how things happened; during the digging of the well, the water stream that was found underground was too powerful to contain due to all of the built up pressure, which caused the water to come blasting out with violent force and soon had the entirety of Main Street under, in some cases, four feet of water. The engineers realized the previous flaws of the artesian well plan and soon added a gate valve to the well to control the flow of water, giving Aberdeen its first working water supply.
By 1886, Aberdeen had three different railroad companies with depots built in the newly developing town; due to these three railroads intersecting here, Aberdeen soon became known as the “Hub City of the Dakotas”. When looking down on Aberdeen from above with a bird’s eye view, the railroad tracks converging in Aberdeen resembled the spokes of a wheel converging at a hub, hence the name “Hub City of the Dakotas”.3 These three different railroad companies are the reason why Aberdeen was able to grow and flourish as it did; however, only one of these railroads is still presently running through Aberdeen, the railroad today known as the Burlington Northern Santa Fe.
According to the census of 1900, Aberdeen had a population of 4,087; by the census of 1910, it had reached a population of 10,752, an increase of 163 percent. It was from these censuses that Aberdeen was predicted to reach a population of 50,000 by 1920.4 However, this was not the case; the population soon began to decline. The estimated population as of July 2006 is 24,071, a 2.4% decrease since 2000.[2] Community groups blame this decline on the flight of young adults and an increasingly aging population.[http://www.absolutelyaberdeen.com/investor3/regionalDev/
Aberdeen is the county seat of Brown County. The original county seat of Brown County, however, was Columbia. During the days of the railroad construction, plans were laid to bring the railroad through Columbia, then the county seat. When word of this spread, land in and around Columbia soared in price due to speculation. When time came for the railroads to purchase land, the increase in land prices in and around Columbia led them to change their decision and instead route the rail lines through Aberdeen. However, once Aberdeen became a town in 1881, there was a long-running controversy concerning which town would be the county seat, which continued until 1890, when it was declared by the newly formed South Dakota state constitution in 1889 that a majority vote could move the county seat if the county seat in question had originally been established by less than a majority vote.5 The result of the vote declared that Aberdeen would be the county seat once and for all, so all of the records were once again transferred to Aberdeen’s courthouse; during the battle for county seat, the records had been moved from Columbia’s courthouse to Aberdeen’s courthouse (which was built from 1886 to 1887), and back again to Columbia’s in what seemed to be a never-ending cycle of the transferring of records. This was typically done in the form of nighttime raids from the two towns.

May 2007 Flood

During a 48-hour period beginning on the morning of Friday, May 4th and ending on the morning of Sunday, May 6th Aberdeen received 9.12 inches of precipitation.[3] This rain flooded city streets, making many of them impassable for a short time, and caused water damage to 95% of the basements of homes. Within 2 weeks of the storm, over 300 families had requested assistance from disaster response agencies.[4] As of May 25, 104 houses had been condemned due to the damage; of these, 47 were declared unlivable.[5] Brown County, which includes Aberdeen, was declared a disaster area.[6]

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 24,658 people, 10,553 households, and 6,184 families residing in the city. The population density was 734.6/km² (1,902.1/mi²). There were 11,259 housing units at an average density of 335.4/km² (868.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 94.61% White, 0.37% Black or African American, 3.17% Native American, 0.54% Asian, 0.13% Pacific Islander, 0.19% from other races, and 0.99% from two or more races. 0.79% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 54.7% were of German, 12.4% Norwegian and 5.2% Irish ancestry according to Census 2000.
There were 10,553 households out of which 27.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.0% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.4% were non-families. 34.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.86.
In the city the population was spread out with 21.8% under the age of 18, 14.1% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 89.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $33,276, and the median income for a family was $43,882. Males had a median income of $30,355 versus $20,092 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,923. About 7.6% of families and 10.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.6% of those under age 18 and 10.1% of those age 65 or over.

Education

'Aberdeen Public Schools'
The Aberdeen School District 6-1 has five elementary schools, two middle schools, one high school, and a technical school. The five elementary schools are C.C. Lee Elementary School, Lincoln Elementary School, Simmons Elementary School, O.M. Tiffany Elementary School and May Overby Elementary School. The middle schools are Holgate Middle School and Simmons Middle School, the high school is Aberdeen Central High School, and the technical school is called Hub Area Technical School. Aberdeen also has an alternative middle and high school for students who are not successful in a traditional school setting.

The Aberdeen School District’s current enrollment for the year 2006-2007 is approximately 3,650 students, and the average class size is in the low to mid twenties. Aberdeen’s mascot is the Golden Eagle.
'Hub Area Technical School'
Hub Area Technical School is supported by Aberdeen Central High School, Frederick High School, Northwestern High School, Roncalli High School, and Warner High School. Hub Area Technical School offers the following programs: Automotive Technology, Building Trades, CISCO Academy, Computer Technician Fundamentals, Electronics, Graphic Communications, Health Occupations, Machine Tool Technology, and Radio/TV Production. Hub Area Technical School is available to students in grades ninth through twelfth and they attend for one or two blocks during the school day and when they graduate from high school, they receive a competency certificate from Hub Area Technical School. The school has about 325 students each year who partake in career and technical education (CTE), and receive tuition from the member high schools according to the number of students that attend Hub Area Technical School. Students from high schools other than the member schools may attend the school so long as their high school is willing to pay the tuition.

'Aberdeen Catholic School System'
The Aberdeen Catholic School System (ACSS) includes Roncalli Junior & Senior High School, Roncalli Elementary School, and also Roncalli Primary School. Roncalli High School, Elementary School, and Primary School have approximately 620 students and is formed by St. Mary’s and Sacred Heart Parishes. The Primary School is located at St. Mary’s Parish while the Sacred Heart Parish is home to the Roncalli Elementary School.
In the 1800’s the first Catholic school in Aberdeen was established by Sacred Heart Parish, and they built the Elementary school in 1913, one year after St. Mary’s Parish built St. Mary’s Elementary School. The two parishes taught first grade through eighth grade independently until the 1970s, and in 1980 the two parishes consolidated to form the Aberdeen Catholic School System, which is also when kindergarten was added. In 2004, new elementary buildings were built and the ACSS demolished the old schools. Roncalli High School, which is named after Pope John XXIII Angelo Giuseppi Roncalli, was built in 1964 and was part of the ACSS and held grades nine through twelve. Today, however, the building houses grades seven through twelve. The mascot of Aberdeen Catholic School System is the Cavalier.
'Aberdeen Christian School'
Another private, Christian school, Aberdeen Christian School, originally began as Aberdeen Christian High School in 1999. For the 1999-2000 school year, the Christian school only offered ninth and tenth grade, but added eleventh grade in 2000-2001, and twelfth in 2001-2002. Aberdeen Christian High School merged with First Baptist Christian School in 2006 and is a non-denominational school that hosts grades pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The grades are split into an elementary school that includes pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, and a secondary school for ninth through twelfth graders.
'Trinity Lutheran School'
A third parochial school in Aberdeen is Trinity Lutheran School. Trinity Lutheran School began in 1979 and offers a preschool and elementary school (grades K-8). Trinity Lutheran is affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, (www.wels.org) and educates students from a Lutheran perspective. The mascot of Trinity Lutheran School is the Tornado.
'South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired'
The South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired is a state special school under the direction of the South Dakota Board of Regents. SDSBVI specializes in working with students who are blind or visually impaired. This is accomplished in various ways, including a residential program, an outreach program, and in cooperation with a variety of other agencies and organizations.

Higher Education in Aberdeen

Northern State University

Northern State University is a public, state funded school that was founded in 1889 and today occupies a 72 acre campus. 2,528 students, ranging from first year to graduate students, attended NSU for the 2006-2007 school year. The student to teacher ratio is 19:1.
NSU was originally called the Institute of South Dakota before changing its name to Northern Normal and Industrial School in 1901. It again took on a new name in 1939 when it became the Northern State Teachers College, and again in 1964, becoming Northern State College before finalizing at Northern State University in 1989.
NSU offers thirty-eight majors and forty-two minors as well as other various degrees, and also has nine graduate degree areas for students wishing to further their education after achieving their undergraduate degree.
The mascot of NSU is the wolf, giving the school the name the Northern State University Wolves.

Presentation College

Presentation College is a Catholic college on a one hundred acre campus. PC has approximately eight hundred students as of the 2006 spring semester. PC offers twenty six programs between the main Aberdeen campus and the others. Most of the degrees offered are in the health-care field. The student to teacher ratio is 12:1.

Healthcare

Aberdeen’s foremost healthcare provider is the Avera St. Luke’s hospital that offers services that are not available in many of the surrounding small town areas within . There are also counseling services that provide help for marriage counseling, mental health, drug and alcohol abuse, anxiety, abuse issues, and family therapy. There are a number of available dentists and orthodontists that are able to perform root canals, extractions, cosmetic bonding, tooth whitening, bridges and crowns, and other family dentistry needs. There are ophthalmology centers that treat eye diseases such as glaucoma, cataracts, corneal disease and others, and perform laser refractive surgery. Along with ophthalmologists there are also optometrists that perform simple tasks such as prescribing eyeglasses and contact lenses. Aberdeen also has a hearing and speech clinic that can test middle ear pressure and mobility, test the function of middle ear muscles, determines the type and degree of hearing loss, and fits hearing aids.
Aberdeen also has programs offered to take care of senior citizens such as Meals on Wheels that delivers meals to individual homes. Manor Care, Bethesda, Angelhaus, and Gellhaus Carhaus are examples of retirement homes that provide nursing care and therapy to the elderly.
Aberdeen also provides services to the blind and visually impaired. There is an Independent Living Program that teaches the skills of blindness to people in their homes by using adaptive techniques. Their services include home management, low vision, communications, and mobility.

Arts and culture

The Aberdeen area is home to several cultural organizations.
The Aberdeen Area Arts Council publishes a small monthly newspaper, ARTiFACTS, with information on area events.
The Aberdeen Community Theater was created in 1979 and performs at the Capitol Theater in downtown Aberdeen. The Capitol Theater was originally built in 1926 and donated to the Aberdeen Community Theater in 1991; since then more than $963,000 has been spent on renovating and preserving the historical aspect of the Capitol Theater. Today, the Aberdeen Community Theater performs five mainstage productions and three youth productions per year. The NSU Theater Department puts plays during the school year.
The ArtWorks Cooperative is a partnership of artists who work to market their artwork in a gallery setting. The ArtWorks Cooperative sells artists’ work as well as provides an environment that will benefit the artist in terms of artist-to-artist communication, and public interest.
There are four galleries in Aberdeen: Presentation College’s Wein Gallery, Northern State University’s Lincoln Gallery, the Aberdeen Recreation & Cultural Center (ARCC) Gallery and the ArtWorks Cooperative Gallery located in the Lakewood Mall.

Sports and recreation

Family Aquatic Center

Completed in summer 2007 this complex includes a zero entry pool, competition lap pool, lazy river, numerous water slides, play sand area and a concession area.

Tennis

Aberdeen is presently home to 24 public tennis courts throughout the city -Melgaard Park (4), Northern State University (12), and Holgate Middle School (8). At one point in the past, the city of Aberdeen had 27 tennis courts giving it the most tennis courts in the country per capita.

Golf

Aberdeen is home to three golf courses; Lee Park Municipal Golf Course, Moccassin Creek Country Club, and Rolling Hills Country Club. Lee Park and Moccassin Creek are both 18 hole courses while Rolling Hills is a nine hole course opened in 2005.

Skateboarding/Rollerblading

Aberdeen has a skate park located between East Melgaard Road and 17th Ave SE at Melgaard Park. The equipment installed includes a quarter pipe, penalty box with half pyramid, bank ramp, spine, kinked rail and a ground rail.

Disc golf

Aberdeen is home to two disc golf courses. Kuhnert Arboretum and the Richmond Lake Disc Golf Course.

Richmond Lake Recreation Area

The Richmond Lake Recreation Area is used by all types of outdoors enthusiasts. Three separate areas in this park cater to the needs of campers, swimmers, naturalists, boaters and anglers. Campers stay in the South Unit, while the Forest Drive Unit is a great place for wildlife viewing. The Boat Ramp Unit provides access to the more than lake.
;Camping/Cabins
Richmond Lake Recreation Area's small campground offers a quiet camping experience. The park also features a wheelchair accessible camping cabin.
;Trails
The park's extensive trail system features over 10 miles of trails, including both accessible and interpretive trails. Hikers, bikers and horseback riders can observe the abundance of prairie plants and wildlife of the area up-close.
;Boating
The park has multiple private and public boat ramps as well as an accessible fishing dock. Richmond Lake has a population of walleye, northern pike, bass, perch, crappie, bluegill, catfish, and bullheads within its waters. An entrance fee is required to gain access to the water and park itself.

Wylie Park Recreation Area

Wylie Park Recreation Area features a water slide, go kart racing, sand volleyball courts, access to Wylie Lake, camping area, picnic areas, and is connected to Storybook Land. Wylie Lake is a small man-made lake, open in the summer months for swimming, laying on the beach, and paddleboating.

Storybook Land castle

Storybook Land

Storybook Land is a park with attractions from several different children's storybooks. The park contains a castle, as well as a train that takes visitors through the park. There is also a barn which contains a petting zoo. Newly added is the Land of Oz, that features characters and attractions from L. Frank Baum's "Wizard of Oz." Baum, who was a resident of Aberdeen in the 1880's, has generated controversy due to his approval for genocide of Native Americans, leading to his descendants offering an apology on his behalf. [7][8]

Religion

There are many Christian churches in Aberdeen, but few houses of worship for other religions. There are several Roman Catholic, Baptist, Lutheran, and Methodist churches in the area, as well as one synagogue.

Local government

Aberdeen is the center of government for Brown County. City government is overseen by a mayor/city manager and 8 council members. The city council is comprised of Mayor/City Manager Mike Levson and council members Todd Cambell, Nancy Aman, James Kraft, Jeff Mitchell, Tom Agnitsch, David Bunsness, Clint Rux and Llyod Hodgin. Each council member serves a five year term. County government is overseen by 5 commissioners. Each county commissioner serves a five year term. The county commissioners include Dennis Feickert, Tom Fischbach, Nancy Hansen, Deb Knecht, and Mike Wiese. Aberdeen is home to Brown County offices including clerk-magistrate, county auditor, landfill office, register of deeds, county treasurer, coroner, emergency management, highway superintendent, public welfare, state’s attorney, and a few others. The senators from Brown County include Duane Sutton and Jim Hundstad, and the representatives included H. Paul Dennert, Burt Elliot, Al Novstrup, and Larry Frost. However, all of these state legislators' terms end in December of 2006.

Crime and Local Government Issues

Aberdeen's personal and property crime rates are comparable to the state average.[9] Racism, however, remains a local issue. The imminent arrival of a new beef processing plant has led to anonymous fliers being left around the city suggesting new immigrant populations lead to crime.[10] [11]

Economy

Major Employors

★ St. Luke’s hospital: 1,379 employees

★ Aberdeen Public School Systems: 650

★ 3M: 702

★ Wyndham Worldwide: 400

★ Aman Collection Service Inc.: 450

★ Hub City Inc: 382

★ South Dakota Wheat Growers: 310

★ Northern State University: 298

★ Kessler’s, Inc.: 260

★ Midstates Printing/Quality Quick Print: 300

Shopping

Aberdeen has a mall, four department stores, four grocery stores, and a variety of mini malls.
'Lakewood Mall' is the largest shopping center in the northeast part of South Dakota providing over forty stores, restaurants, and a movie theater.
The 'Downtown' area has small or family-run shops. Downtown is being revitalized, with over 1,700 programs currently under way, most of which have been initiated by a city official or a downtown association. Downtown is gradually becoming a busy place, with plenty of shopping and businesses to meet customers' needs. Spas, salons, and therapy are services only offered downtown.

Transportation

Air

The Aberdeen Regional Airport is currently served by Northwest Airlines, a.k.a. Mesaba Airline and by Great Lake Airlines. It offers flight service to Denver International Airport and Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

Roads

There are two major highways that serve Aberdeen. One is U.S. Route 281 that comes to Aberdeen from North Dakota and goes to the southern border of South Dakota. The second highway is U.S. Route 12 that goes across South Dakota from Minnesota to Montana. US-12 becomes 6th Avenue in Aberdeen.

Transit

;Taxi
Aberdeen Taxi service provides general taxi service in Aberdeen. Aberdeen Shuttle provides shuttle service to and from the airport along with general taxi services.
;Bus
Jefferson Lines is a bus service from Aberdeen that connects to Fargo, North Dakota and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
;Car rental
There are three car rental services in Aberdeen; Hertz, Avis and Payless. Hertz and Avis Car rental are located in the terminal. Payless Car Rental is located in Aberdeen Flying Service.
;Train
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway conveys freight and grain through Aberdeen.

Popular attractions

★ Wylie Park

★ Storybook Land theme park

★ Brown County Fair Held annually in August

★ Kuhnert Arboretum

★ Dacotah Prairie Museum

★ Thunder Road

Notable residents and natives

★ Bruce Baillie, experimental filmmaker and founding member of Canyon Cinema

★ L. Frank Baum, famous for his book ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz''

★ John Cacavas, Hollywood film score composer

★ Tom Daschle, former U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Leader

★ Justin Duchscherer, MLB pitcher for the Oakland Athletics

★ Terry Francona, current Boston Red Sox manager

★ Matilda Joslyn Gage, suffragist, Native American activist, abolitionist, freethinker, and author

★ Mary GrandPré, illustrator

★ Joseph Hansen (writer), American mystery writer

★ Josh Heupel, quarterback for the 2000 National Champion Oklahoma Sooners

★ David C. Jones, USAF General and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

★ Roland Loomis, key figure in the Modern Primitive Movement

★ Brigadier General LaVerne G. Saunders, WWII USAF General [12]

★ Julie Sommars, actress

References

★ Aberdeen Catholic School System. anonymous. n.d. Aberdeen Catholic School System, Aberdeen, South Dakota. 27 November 2006

★ Aberdeen Christian School. anonymous. n.d. Aberdeen Christian School, Aberdeen, SD. 26 November 2006

★ "About PC." Presentation College. n.d. 30 November 2006

★ "Academics." Presentation College. n.d. 30 November 2006

★ "Programs." Hub Area Technical School. n.d. 27 November 2006

★ "RHS Activities & Athletics." Roncalli High School. n.d. 27 November 2006

★ "Roncalli at a glance: ''Brief History and outline of the Aberdeen Catholic School System.'' Aberdeen Catholic School System. n.d. 27 November 2006

★ "Saints Athletics." Presentation College. n.d. 30 November 2006

★ "Schools." Aberdeen Public Schools. n.d. 28 November 2006

★ "Area Art Events October Through December." ART''i''FACTS: Aberdeen Area Arts Council. Oct. 2006: 3

★ ''Art'' WORKS ''Cooperative''. Aberdeen, South Dakota: ''Art'' WORKS ''Cooperative'', 2006

★ "Clip & Save." ART''i''FACTS: Aberdeen Area Arts Council. Oct. 2006: 2

★ Empowering all STUDENTS to Succeed in a Changing World. Aberdeen, South Dakota: Aberdeen School District 6-1, 2006.

★ Got a minute or two?. Aberdeen, South Dakota: Aberdeen Christian High School, 2006.

★ Hub Area Technical School. anonymous. n.d. Hub Area Technical School, Aberdeen, South Dakota. 27 November 2006

★ Lindner, JoEllen. "Admissions." Presentation College. n.d. 30 November 2006

★ Northern State University Theater. Aberdeen, South Dakota: Northern State University, 2006

★ Unlimited Opportunities Endless Possibilities, Presentation College. Aberdeen, South Dakota: Presentation College, 2006.

★ Avera St. Lukes. "Avera St. Luke's: We're Caring for Life." Aberdeen, South Dakota.

★ Avera St. Lukes. "Healthcare Directory and Wellness Guide." Aberdeen, South Dakota.

★ American News. "Access Aberdeen." Aberdeen, South Dakota 2006.

★ Keast, Bret. "Tomorrow Plan: Planting Seeds for a Better Tomorrow." Aberdeen, South Dakota, Future Land Use Plan 2005.

★ Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce. Aberdeen, SD. n.d.

★ Don Artz. The Town in the Frog Pond. 1991. Memories, Inc.

★ Dacotah Prairie Museum. Aberdeen/Brown County, South Dakota Historical Highlights. n.d.

★ SD Governor's Office of Economic Development http://www.sdreadytowork.com/CountyProfileReport/EntireReport.aspx?CountyID=3

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