Editing Lemmon, South Dakota (section)

==History==
Lemmon's history as a town started in 1902 with the U.S. government's forced leasing of about 800,000 acres of Standing Rock Sioux Reservation lands to cattle rancher George Ed Lemmon.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Welsh |first=Herbert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3OgNAAAAIAAJ |title=The Action of the Interior Department in Forcing the Standing Rock Indians to Lease Their Lands to Cattle Syndicates |date=1902 |publisher=Indian Rights Association |language=en}}</ref>

In 1919, Lemmon became a [[sundown town]], prohibiting African Americans from living there.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 29, 1919 |orig-date=First published on November 27, 1919 |title=South Dakota Town Bars Negroes |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025779/1919-11-29/ed-1/seq-6/ |work=[[Dallas Express]] |location=[[Sioux Falls, South Dakota]] |page=6 |via=Chronicling America |quote=There will be no race question to bother the residents of Lemon {{sic}} in the immediate future. This is due to the fact that Negroes are not allowed to live in Lemmon. Several Colored men recently appeared here, and the citizens did not loke their looks the newcomers were quickly requested by some of the young men of the town to seek new fields. The Negroes lost no time in replying with the 'request.' It is believed they were from some of the larger cities.}}</ref>
[[File:FI0024257.jpg|alt=Main Street in Lemmon, SD|left|thumb|300x300px|Main Street]]