DC Booth Home - DC Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery - Spearfish, SD
by Susan Rissi Tregoning
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DC Booth Home - DC Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery - Spearfish, SD
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Susan Rissi Tregoning
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Generations, a sculpture showing a father and daughter going fishing by James Michael Maher, is placed in front of the D.C. Booth home at the D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery in Spearfish, South Dakota.
Booth, the first hatchery superintendent, built this 8-room Neo-Colonial home in 1905 for his family. With hot water radiation heat, and concrete sidewalks, it was the most modern home in Spearfish at the time. The Booth family lived in the home until he retired in 1933. After that, it was home to a succession of superintendents until 1983, when it became a historic house museum.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service opened the D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery in 1896. Established to help start a trout population in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming, it is one of the oldest hatcheries in the US and the second oldest in the American West. Every year, the hatchery produces and releases 20,000 to 30,000 rainbow trout.
Copyright 2024 Susan Rissi Tregoning
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March 20th, 2024
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