Forum:First Settlers in Eastern Gregory County

Two sets of my Great Grandparents moved into Eastern Gregory County in 1889 and squatted on land in the Bentz precinct - later named Star Valley twp. My GG Grandfather George Friedrich Bentz and his families as well as My Great Grandfather Georg Balthasar Gall had been living in the Menno, SD area after immigrating from S. Russia. I realize the 1889 date is before the area was formally opened for settlement and would like to learn as much as I can about the conditions under which these families lived.

Joe Thurstenson