“I thought I lived in a small town until I met Troy ,” said Stacy Hadrick , AgrotourismSD program coordinator at South Dakota State University Cooperative Extension . The Sturgis native moved to Faulkton—her husband Troy’s hometown—in 2010 to start Hadrick Ranch and raise their family. The small town has made headlines in the past few years, doing what Troy and Stacy call “punching above their weight.” So this April, 605 took a road trip to visit the Carousel City . Upon our arrival, 605’s designer Cailyn Patterson and I were warmly greeted by the couple, who have made an Airbnb out of a suite attached to their garage. Small Town Hospitality City of Faulkton
The Bunkhouse on the Prairie —as they’ve named it— has become an unexpected blessing.
“We always wanted a space like this on our garage. People come to visit, and my parents live in Sturgis and they come to stay,” explained Stacy.
The Hadricks did all of the remodeling themselves before listing the unit on the vacation rental website.
“I remember saying to Troy, ‘If it doesn’t work, we can take it down,’” shared Stacy.
WRITTEN BY GRETA SMITH + PHOTOS BY CAILYN PATTERSON
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