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Philip had a great cattle empire and was one of the founding George Keefer House
members of the Western Dakota Stock Growers Association and 408 Deadwood Street
helped to build the Stockgrowers Bank Building in Fort Pierre. He 2.
is often credited as the man who saved the buffalo. He purchased
a small bunch of buffalo calves that were rescued by Fred Dupree
and that herd multiplied and became the seed herd for most of the
buffalo herds in existence today. Philip was inducted into the Built 1906
Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center at Oklahoma
City as one of the enduring names of men who built the west.
This house was built
The house is currently owned by Fort Pierre Sheriff Brad Rathbun in 1906. George
and his wife, who are remodeling it. Keefer operated a
lumber yard that
was located behind
the present Silver
Spur Restaurant.
Hess House
3. 210 Deadwood Street
Built 1928
Constructed by
Lucy and Bill
Hess
Around 1915,
Lucy Welcome
Hess and her
husband, Bill
Hess, moved to Fort Pierre from Philip, SD where they ran a
saloon. Lucy Hess and her husband built the house in 1928 and
ran a boarding house called the Hess Hotel and the restaurant
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