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it was under German rule, but as recently as 1864 had been Danish.) Later on, a ranch close by became the site of the aforetold story of “Duffey’s Ban- shee.” Helmville’s non-Catholic cemetery, fenced but not as well tended for lack of community resources, lies on a brush-covered moraine slope just south of Helmville. A short dirt road gives access from the main road. My count there noted 58 visible graves, the most frequently appearing names be- ing Magnussen (9), Petersen (5), Raymond (4), Welch (4), and Davis, Moore and Smith with (3) names each. These accounted for more than half the burials. Settling In: Early Pioneer Living “Homesteaders” by WHD Koerner Establishing homesteads and other farms, and the cattle ranches that were to become the economic mainstay of the area, was extremely demand- ing - but then, nobody who came here to stay expected it to be easy. Crop raising for other than subsistence purposes was slow to get started. Irrigation projects of consequence required capital and often outside labor, both of 122