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Central South Dakota county looks to future in preservation of historic cemetery

Central South Dakota county looks to future in preservation of historic cemetery

The Okobojo cemetery was founded in 1884 southwest of Onida

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Tombstones in the Okobojo Cemetery near Onida, SD. (Austin Goss/The Dakota Scout)

ONIDA – About two miles from the ghost town of Okobojo, a cemetery that shares its name sits on a small river bluff hill.

“Okobojo was a really busy town in the 1880s,” said Lew Robbenholt, a longtime resident of Sully County. “It had a post office, a store and some homes. S…

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