Dec. 1 will be an emotional day for Hugh Ingalls. The 90-year-old rancher from Faith, South Dakota, will be selling off his cow herd, saying goodbye to more than 500 of his Angus females and marking the end of an era for what’s known as South Dakota’s oldest Angus herd.
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Hugh and Eleanor Ingalls built an Angus herd and a marriage that stood the test of time.
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A young Hugh Ingalls poses with his first heifer calf, Bessie, at the 1942 Western Calf Show in Rapid City.
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The Ingalls Centennial Angus herd gathers around the water source at the ranch in Faith, S.D.
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Hugh Ingalls, 90, looks out over the cowherd on his Faith, S.D., ranch. Hugh and Eleanor Ingalls will be selling off their Angus females in a Dec. 1 dispersal sale, marking the end of an era for what’s known as the country’s oldest continually running black Angus operations.
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Janelle is editor of the Tri-State Neighbor, covering South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota, northwestern Iowa and northeastern Nebraska. Reach her at jatyeo@tristateneighbor.com or follow on Twitter @JLNeighbor .
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