Day 1: July 18, 1894

They left De Smet South Dakota and got as far as Miner County line.  From the pictures taken from Wikipedia you can see who the current mayor is, as of 2014 (Mayor Gary Wolkow). The  mayor of 1880/1890 was hard to find. It still is. The local government is run by city council.  De Smet is the county seat of Kingsbury, SD. Please note the population at 1880 and 2010. In 1880 there were only 116 people. The next year the population exploded by 366.4%!