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Honoring the City of Gregory

Date: July 15, 2004
Location: Washington DC
Issues: Indigenous Peoples Agriculture and Food Animals and Wildlife

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
SENATE
HONORING THE CITY OF GREGORY

Mr. JOHNSON. Mr. President, today I honor and acknowledge the town of Gregory, SD, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.

Gregory was founded on August 8, 1904, and a year later had grown to over 500 residents, supported by banks, a meat market, lumber companies, hotels, and blacksmiths. The town was named for John Shaw Gregory, a councilman and representative in the Dakota Territory Legislature from 1862 until 1868. Gregory also served in the United States Navy for 12 years and was appointed "Special Agent to the Poncas" in 1859 and worked on the Ponca Indian Reservation.

Soon after the town's founding in 1908, the North Western Line Railroad brought 15 trains daily to Gregory. Today Gregory boasts more than 50 businesses and over 1,200 residents. The annual pheasant season in October attracts sportsmen from across the Nation.

To celebrate its 100th anniversary, the residents of Gregory will hold the Oscar Micheaux Film Festival, a celebration featuring the Lewis and Clark Journey and Discovery, and a Crazy Day Fire Department Film Festival and Appreciation Day. Celebrations have already begun and will continue throughout the year. It is with great honor that I advise my colleagues of the achievements made by this great community.

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