Redfield’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Redfield. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The first settlers arrived in the Redfield area in 1878, and a post office was established two years later under the name "Stennett Junction." The "Redfield" name was adopted in 1881. The town became the seat of Spink County in 1886, following a six-year legal and political battle among several Spink County towns. Redfield rapidly became a major town in the region, due in part to its status as a railroad center—the town was a crossroads of two lines of the Chicago and North Western Railway, and was also served by the Milwaukee Road Railroad. Railroads brought supplies, people, and animals, and also provided for transportation of crops back East.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Redfield’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Redfield’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view1883 bird's eye view of Redfield,…, 1883: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Redfield
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Redfield, decade by decade
1990s
6 historic places in Redfield
6 places in Redfield are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1883 bird's eye view of Redfield, Dak (1883) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2), the Library of Congress (2) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.