John and Alyce B. Travers Scholarship

Alyce B. Travers was born May 17, 1913 at Vigdahl, MN.  She attended a country school at Pierpont, SD, and later graduated from Bristol High School.  She married John Travers and they lived and ranched in the cave hills (Harding County) of South Dakota.  In recent years Mrs. Travers has contributed to many area charities establishing scholarships to help local students pursue degrees at area universities.  In 1996 Mrs. Travers established such an endowment for scholarships for Animal and Range Sciences and Nursing majors at South Dakota State University.  After retiring from the ranch, John and Alyce Travers moved to Bowman, ND, where Alyce was employed at Penfield Auction for several years.  John passed away in 1982 and Alyce in 1997.