Here is a picture that accurately represents Utica, the true birthplace of the urbane, sophisticated, high-brow and cultured South Dakota Magazine. I found this picture of a Utica Fireman's Feed in the wood filing cabinet that I bought for $5 at the Smith auction (see yesterday's post). This is where my family first learned to love South Dakota. Utica is a tiny town just outside Yankton. The Hunhoffs came here in 1885 ... "a day late and a dollar short" as always because all the land was already homesteaded. We had to buy a place. But we stayed, and we might get it paid for someday. Utica still has a fire department, but now we play bingo to make money for hoses and fuel. Looks like they had better fundraisers in the old days.