3/6/2010:
It occasionally happens that animals wander off their farms. Usually, the lost animals have merely slipped out and are roaming the countryside. However, on this date in 1919, the young, stray steer of Henry Fisher of Dickinson, was found, not on the pastoral fields surrounding the city, but trapped in an old granary.
The steer was discovered by the Frank Veverka family, who lived nearby; they heard a horrible bellowing and combed the banks of the Green River to discover its source.
He had gotten caught when the door swung shut, and it was figured he might not have had anything to eat or drink for the 19 days he'd been missing.
Dakota Datebook written by Sarah Walker
Sources:
The Dickinson Press, March 8, 1919, p.1