Blunt is a small city located in the central plains region of Hughes County, South Dakota. Settled in 1880, the settlement was initially known as Lone Tree, for a lone cottonwood tree that grew along the bank of Medicine Creek, but when it was incorporated in 1884, it was named for John E. Blunt, a railway engineer.
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Family owned and operated since the early 1900s, offering pheasant hunting on six thousand acres of land on a South Dakota ranch, located three miles south of Blunt. Its hunting packages and contact data are featured.
http://www.hilltophunts.com/
Owned and operated by Denny and Doris Lauing, this is a working cattle ranch consisting of breeding for cow and calf pairs, raising purebred charlois bulls, running yearlings and raising crops, with a pheasant hunting operation in the fall, each of which are described here.
http://www.lauingmillironlranch.com/
Based in Blunt, Oahe is a member-owned electric energy cooperative. Its mission, bylaws, board of directors and staff are posted, with information about its customer service, home and business programs, products, and contact data.
http://www.oaheelectric.com/
Created by a third and fourth grade teacher at Blunt Elementary School, a professional resume and profile of Sondra Russell is featured, along with a detailed informational site about Blunt, South Dakota. Included is a history of the city, and a guide to its churches, schools, businesses, services, and historical site.
http://sr009.k12.sd.us/
