Table Of Contents
Belonging [1]
In this inaugural issue of Dakotafire, its editor shares her story of homecoming.
Go. Learn. Then Return? [2]
Can young people who want to settle down in their hometowns find a path back to them?
- GRAPHIC: Dakotafire County Population Trends Compared to State Population [3]
- GRAPHIC: Who Is Leaving, and Who Is Moving In? [4]
- COLUMN AND GRAPHICS: Population Pyramids Show Trouble in Dakota Counties [5]
Family Motivates Some Britton-Hecla Seniors to Plan Return [6]
See how many seniors say they’d like to move back someday.
Groton is Growing [7]
Not all communities in rural America are losing population, and Groton is one of those exceptions.
No Time to Lose for Faulk County [8]
The population numbers for Faulk County haven’t been good for almost the whole of the last century.
Plan Your Dakota Homecoming [9]
Dakotans, pass this returners’ guide on to your distant friends and family!
Filling in the Map [10]
A look at maps of the Dakota region from the 1850s to the 1930s.
Postcard [11]
Bill Schultze from the Sand Lake Wildlife Refuge tells of the visitor he misses when the snow geese return.