For almost 100 years, Russell Wyatt has lived in Fall River County, South Dakota—so far. Over his many years, he farmed with horses, rode a horse to a one room country school and harvested ice for iceboxes. He has seen it all, from old battery-operated radios to state-of-the-art cell phones. Russell helped build Angostura Dam, then owned and operated a farm on the Angostura Irrigation Project. From 52 years of selling real estate and appraising farm and ranch properties, he has a vast number of historic stories to tell. He recounts his experiences in this humorous book about his life and the changes he has seen around his home in South Dakota. One of the reasons I like Russell Wyatt’s stories so much is because he’s a country version of two of my favorite writers, Erma Bombeck and Andy Rooney. —Lee Pitts Western author and columnist Within an hour of meeting Russell Wyatt, I could plainly see that he is a West River example of a Renaissance Man, a fellow with unlimited interests and abilities — including story-telling. — Bernie Hunhoff South Dakota Magazine