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the previous owner, Harold Breeden, together with parcels of land 

 in adjacent sections to the west and south (U.S. Corps of Engineers, 

 Oahe Dam, Keal Estate, [map of] segment A, July 14, 1948). During 

 the season of 1956, lot 4 was not under agricultural lease, but was in 

 use, together with adjacent leased parcels, by Carl and Dale Wagner, 

 father and son, of Fort Pierre and Pierre, respectively, owners of 

 buildings situated on the lot in question formerly owned by Harold 

 Breeden, together with the land. 



Previous title to the parcel in question (lot 4) is recorded in public 

 records preserved in the office of the Eegister of Deeds, Stanley 

 County. Original entry of lands including the present parcel was 

 made by Alltony [sic] Brignoli on October 22, 1892, at the Receiver's 

 Office, Pierre (Stanley Co., Eeg. of Deeds, Receiver's Receipts, vol. 8, 

 p. 8) . By a warranty deed made December 22, 1892, Brignoli sold and 

 conveyed to May R. Miller lands including this parcel (Stanley Co., 

 Reg. of Deeds, Deed Record, vol. 6, p. 134). Subsequently, on April 

 26, 1893, a United States patent (Sioux Indian Lands) was issued to 

 Brignoli for these lands (ibid., vol. 6, p. 191). By a warranty deed 

 of February 18, 1902, May Rooker Brown (formerly May R. Miller) 

 and Harry Brown, her husband, granted, bargained, sold and conveyed 

 lands including this parcel to Jane R. Breeden (Stanley Co., Reg. of 

 Deeds, Warranty Deed Record, vol. 10, p. 496). Harold Breeden 

 appears to have been the legal heir of Jane R. Breeden, but the title 

 has not been further traced. It may be noted that Stanley County, 

 created from former Sioux Indian Reservation lands, was first opened 

 for legal settlement in 1890, some years after the abandonment of the 

 trading post here discussed. 



Official copies of original notes of General Land Office surveys of 

 the former reservation, of 1890, covering the present parcel, are pre- 

 served in the South Dakota Department of School and Public Lands, 

 at Pierre, and these contain historical data pertaining to the present 

 site. As required by the General Land Office, field surveys (preserved 

 in notebooks and plats of the surveyors) included, wdth actual instru- 

 ment data for subdivision and meander lines of each unit, a general 

 description of each. Here were recorded general comments on soils, 

 vegetation, visible landmarks, and other topics of importance for Land 

 Office purposes. In the general description of T. 5 N., R. 31 E., sub- 

 scribed and sworn to on November 24, 1890, by Frederick W. Petti- 

 grew and Frederick C. Flickinger, deputy surveyors, appears the 

 following passage, of interest here: 



The remains of old Ft. Pierre can plainly be seen in sec. 16. J. W. Philips 

 house now stands in the center of the old stockade. This fort was established 

 as a trading post in 1855 [and] was afterwards abandoned and re-established 

 in sec. 4 near the S.W. corner. In either case a trench marks the line of the 

 old stockade, and heaps of earth the sites of former residences. (S.D. Dept. 



