Tripp County Library

Tripp County Library was the second library to be established in South Dakota. The Women’s Club of Winner presented petitions to the county commissioners showing that the voters were in favor of having a library.

On May 3, 1921, the county commissioners appointed the first Tripp County Library Board of Trustees: Mrs. R. L. Tindale, Mrs. O. E. Farnsworth, Mrs. H. Hazzard, D. C. Bond and J. G. Mackaman.

On May 17, 1921, the Tripp County Library Board of Trustees elected their first librarian, Mrs. Kathryn Evans. She was the librarian for 30 years, resigning in November of 1951.