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for two years each. It met that goal, but lasted no more than two years, being put out of use in 1909. 1913 started a new four-year high school with six teachers that lasted much longer. Near the end of 1924, a new school was built out of brick. It used the same standard system as the previous school. The school stopped being used in 1967 when the school of Tri-Valley was constructed, which combined the students of several small towns.
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1216:communities
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1085:Dell Rapids
1047:Sioux Falls
1040:County seat
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1424:Categories
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1347:Split Rock
1287:Clear Lake
773:"SD Towns"
759:References
703:As of the
655:As of the
290:feature ID
198:Population
148:Government
81:96°55′41″W
78:43°47′13″N
1386:Footnotes
1367:Wall Lake
1259:Townships
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1090:Garretson
422:Geography
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278:FIPS code
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220:Time zone
190:Elevation
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1337:Palisade
1332:Mapleton
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1312:Highland
1307:Hartford
1224:Benclare
1158:Anderson
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677:Hispanic
404:Creation
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254:ZIP code
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1140:Sherman
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413:Schools
373:removed
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333:History
298:Website
293:1267334
107:Country
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1267:Benton
1249:Renner
1234:Corson
1183:Rowena
1080:Crooks
1075:Colton
1065:Baltic
1057:Cities
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129:County
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1357:Taopi
1327:Lyons
1322:Logan
1239:Ellis
1229:Booge
1214:Other
1163:Lyons
1127:Towns
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259:57018
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246:UTC-5
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117:State
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453:Note
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