On the return of our Saturday afternoon fire run, we also stopped at the Old Buell (Buhl) Place. For a short time, this was the location of a Post Office called Grashul. Grashul post office was located in several places in past years and is no longer in existence.
The "winter' route of the Ft. Pierre - Deadwood Trail passed near here coming across the Cheyenne River to the east and passing on the top of the breaks of our ranch before it dropped over the breaks down toward Alkali Creek to Ft. Meade and Sturgis before heading to Deadwood.
The barn roof is still visible, even though the building collapsed many years ago. Dad told of an occasion when he found a horse that had been locked up inside, whether intentional or not, nearly dead. He let it out. The shelterbelt around the old homestead is still in quite fair condition. Mostly Elm, Caragana, Russian Olive with a few Hackberry, Cottonwood and Plum Thickets.
