Grant County Historical Society
P.O. Box 201
Milbank, SD 57252
605-938-4192 or 605-467-3940
arlo@grantcountysdmuseums.org
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Radio
Arlo continues to do an hour-long radio show on KMSD AM 1510 in Milbank twice a month, on Tuesdays, from 9:05 until 10:00 am. All of the now 220+ radio shows are historical in nature, typically related to Grant County & South Dakota, but also involving many road trips to various points in the US & Canada.
KMSD Manager Jeff Carrino and historian Arlo Levisen on KMSD's Good Morning, Milbank!
KMSD Manager Jeff Carrino, historian Arlo Levisen, and Pastor Mark Brown on KMSD's Good Morning, Milbank!
Judy Backman talks about the large cruise boat she used to operate on Big Stone Lake, the "Eotanka," which offered historical & dinner tours of the lake. She plans to offer a similar experience in the future.
Arlo tells Jeff about fruit being "about the size of a silver dollar" - which lead into some of his stories about coin collecting, etc. The fruit includes a tame plum, a Chestnut crabapple, a Honey Gold apple & a Zestar apple - all of which are rapidly ripening in Arlo's orchards.
Jeff Carrino & Arlo discuss the 1870's boots & buffalo hide mittens, the 1890's black rabbit fur cape & hand muff & the 1930's double mink stole - all recently given to the Grant County Historical Society by Elinda Johanson of Jamestown, ND, & now placed on display in the Buggy Museum.
Arlo talks with Jim Christenson, of Sheyenne Upholstery Company, about how he has restored many of the buggies in the museum.
This was the day Arlo introduced the Norwegian cheese, Gamalost, to the station manager, Jeff Carrino. He chewed a bit of it, then spit it out into a wastebasket.
In this photo, taken on Tuesday, February 20th, 2024, Arlo is discussing the very recent restoration on an 8,000 year old bison antiquus horn by Aunna Corax, a paleontologist with the Minnesota Museum of Science in St. Paul, MN. She was concerned with the fragility of the horn we brought to her, so she stabalized it for us. This horn is on display in the Dolen-Justice Museum in Milbank.
Listen to Arlo Levisen's interview about Leo Flynn, "Mr. REA," on SDPB's In the Moment.