This is a photograph showing Walter Red Conner, a DS&O Rural Electric Cooperative employee, working on equipment. DS&O Electric Cooperative was established during the Great Depression as part of the federal recovery effort to bring the advantages and economic stimulus of electric power to rural Kansas. In 1991, Smoky Valley Electric Cooperative in Lindsborg, Kansas, merged with DS&O, adding to the Cooperative's coverage area and member base. DS&O Rural Electric Cooperative is located in Solomon, Kansas. It was named DS&O because members were from Dickinson, Saline, and Ottawa counties.
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Walter Red Conner, a DS&O Rural Electric Cooperative employee - 1