A childhood letter from Badger Clark sparked a lifelong love of writing in Linda Hasselstrom. We talk with the rancher and writer about her connection to the cowboy poet.
Rangeviews, Oral, S.D.
Does your museum need to raise funds? Let me clue you in to how the Pioneer Museum/Fall River County Historical Society in Hot Springs, S.D., solved the problem when our outgo exceeded income. In 2005, the museum was running solidly in the red due to over spending, mostly on advertising. That was the year there was a complete change of board members when the president and his wife moved away to live nearer family. It was also the year I got onto the board. Our dedicated board members set out to adjust the finances, even to the point of unscrewing every other light bulb to save electricity. We were all brainstorming.