What happened to Robert and Ellie Boast?
Robert and Ellie Boast built a substantial set of buildings on their homestead before moving to De Smet around the turn of the century. Mr. Boast went into the real estate business, served as street commissioner in the “little town” and is responsible for the planting of many trees. Mrs. Boast was crippled for years with arthritis, confined to a wheel chair. She was a great friend of the town’s children, holding parties at their home on Second Street. Mrs. Boast lived until 1918, her husband surviving her by four years dying at 73.
