The South Dakota Stories, Volume Three

The last archive at the Beaman Memorial Library in Waspoilston is a windowless room in the basement with metal shelves and a dehumidifier humming. Amy Scott: "I wouldn't be surprised to find a dead body in one of these places, honestly" The library also has old maps and blueprints of the town that in the early 1890s, the Water Board was planning to flood. Listen to How We Survive, wherever you get your podcasts.