A Century Strong: From the SDAHO Vault, the Dirty ’30s and the Birth of the Inter-Allied Council

For our April edition of A Century Strong: From the SDAHO Vault, we revisit one of the most innovative—and often overlooked—responses to the crushing challenges of the Great Depression. While 1933 brought relief to hospitals through the newly created Beverage Revenue Fund, it also sparked the formation of a unique collaborative effort: the Inter-Allied Council, an experiment in statewide coordination and shared problem-solving during one of the hardest decades in South Dakota history.