County poor farms subject of History Club meeting
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By Watertown Current Staff - May 16, 2026 in Featured, News Reading Time: 2 minutes
For 71 years at turn of the 19th century, long before public social safety nets existed, Codington County operated a “poor farm.” A poor farm, sometim...
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