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PIONEER AUTO MUSEUM and ANTIQUE TOWN

Murdo, South Dakota

PIONEER AUTO MUSEUM and A. J. "Dick" Geisler are a single thought in the minds of many who have visited and had the chance to know the man with the ever-present cigar. A Valentine present to German immigrant parents, Dick knew he and the family farm were not cut out for each other. He attended a rural school near New Ulm, Minnesota much like the one that is part of the museum. After high school his mother's plans for business college for her son were interrupted by a job selling for the Jewel Tea Company, and other sales ventures. In 1923 he and a friend drove a Ford like the one to be seen in the Ford Garage from Minnesota to California taking odd jobs along the way to finance the trip.

In California he met and married Vivian Petersen who had traveled to California with her three sisters. The three Geisler children were born in Pasadena where "Dick" was operating the feed, hardware and appliance business he started in the height of the depression. In 1942 Mr. Geisler traded his California home for a farm near Blunt, South Dakota, sold the businesses and returned to the Midwest.

Crops had been nonexistent for some years prior to his move to South Dakota and the natives were amused at the West coast city dude who busily went about planting wheat. The Geisler touch and ideal conditions brought about the first of many banner years for crops in the area.

Pub. by The Goin Company, Box 746 Mitchell, South Dakota 57301

MADE BY DEXTER PRESS WEST NYACK, NEW YORK

Buildings as Numbered 1. Main building and entrance. Autos and coin music machines. 2. Auto building. 3. Autos, motorcycles and bicycles building. 4. Auto storage shed. 5. 1910 Cretors popcorn wagon. 6. Souvenir and gift shop. 7. World's largest concert band organ. 8. Church of the prairie. 9. 1911 Parker Brothers merry-go-round. 10. Henry's Ford Garage. 11. Livery stable. 12. Classic car building. 13. Auto building. 14. Machinery area. 15. Tractor area. 16. Fire station. 17. Kozy Tourist Cabin. 18. Depot. 19. One-room school house. 20. Milwaukee Road Caboose. 21. General store. 22. Circus display room. 23. Restrooms. 24. Jack's Jewelry store. 25. Homesteader's shack. 26. Murdo State Bank. 27. Blacksmith Shop. 28. Barber Shop. 29. Murdo Jail. 30. Gasoline engine and plow display. 31. Wells Fargo stagecoach. 32. Exit building. 33. Storage and restoration building. 34. Auto and parts boneyard.

Antiques of Yesteryear

ANTIQUE CARS

Wide variances of opinion exist as to what constitutes an antique car. To those unknowledgeable in history of the automobile it is often merely a relative description of an old car. The Veteran Motor Car Club of America classifies any car over 35 years old as antique. The Antique Automobile Club of America considers all pre-1930 models qualifying as antiques. The Horseless Carriage Club limit their choices for antique designation to pre-1916 cars. As we said, the term is somewhat relative.

The Vintage Years

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