Context
Why This Document Matters
The 1975 REA anniversary program is the strongest written confirmation of Palmer Stadum's role in bringing electricity to Benson County farms through Baker Electric Cooperative. The ceremony at Rugby Pioneer Village formally recognized linemen and organizers whose work spanned decades of rural electrification.
Rodney Stadum attended alongside his father and later described the event in a 2019 oral history recorded in Rugby — one of the archive's primary sources for this era.