An alarm bell from the C S Bell Company in Hillsboro, Ohio, reached the fire hall in Nunda, South Dakota, in an unknown year, though markings inside the bell indicate it was cast in 1915. It served the community until the mid 1950's, when it was retired and replaced with a siren. Local mechanic Kenny Ottoson received the bell as partial payment for removing it and installing the siren, then later sold it to Galen and Eunice Crosby of Madison, South Dakota. Galen and Eunice kept the bell at their home on Lake Herman, South Dakota, where it was often used to call their children to the dinner table. In 2012, Galen and Eunice and their family donated the bell to the Nunda Fire Department.