August 25, 2006

Gene Crowley & Cece's Boy Tommy at Thunder Butte, 1936

Gene & Cece's Boy Tommy in 1936 (Click to Enlarge)

Here's John (then known as Gene) Crowley at the Crowley's leased Thunder Butte spread in 1936 with his sister Cecelia's little boy, Tommy. Gene would have just started high school, or about to have started high school, in Lemmon, South Dakota.

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August 17, 2006

Rare Mention in the National Press

Ziebach County, home of Thunder Butte, received a rare mention in the national press this week—Time Magazine. See the article in Time, Outsourcing Your Homework”. The story is about the plan of a Bangalore-based firm, TutorVista, to provide free online tutoring to school kids in the ten poorest counties in the U.S. While it is unfortunate that Ziebach County is counted among the ten poorest counties, the additional help for kids should enhance their success in schools and life.

--Mike Crowley

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