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| ==History== | ==History== | ||
| Silver Lake was the lake about which ] wrote in her novel ''"]"''. The Ingalls home (currently, a ]) and Surveyor's House are very close to it. The lake was was drained into nearby Lake Henry in the 1920s and the lakebed was used |
Silver Lake was the lake about which ] wrote in her novel ''"]"''. The Ingalls home (currently, a ]) and Surveyor's House are very close to it. The lake was was drained into nearby Lake Henry in the 1920s and the lakebed was used for farming and rubbish dumping. A portion of the lake has since filled again with water. | ||
| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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Silver Lake is a reclaimed lake located immediately east of De Smet, on the north side of U.S. Highway 14.
History
Silver Lake was the lake about which Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote in her novel "By the Shores of Silver Lake". The Ingalls home (currently, a museum) and Surveyor's House are very close to it. The lake was was drained into nearby Lake Henry in the 1920s and the lakebed was used for farming and rubbish dumping. A portion of the lake has since filled again with water.
External links
44°23′09″N 97°33′06″W / 44.38587°N 97.55170°W / 44.38587; -97.55170
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