Gold Rush

Gold Rush
Author:
Publisher: South Dakota State Historical Society
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN:

Beginning with the earliest prospectors, Gold Rush explores the impact of gold discovery in the Black Hills. While the United States Army struggled to deal with those trepassing on Indian lands, reporters dispatched colorful stories to eastern newspapers and entrepreneurs founded towns, freighted in goods, and developed related enterprises. Gold Rush also photographically retraces a portion of Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer's 1874 Black Hills Expedition route.

Jewish Pioneers of the Black Hills Gold Rush

Jewish Pioneers of the Black Hills Gold Rush
Author: Ann Haber Stanton
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2011
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738577814

The very name Deadwood conjures up vivid Wild West images: saloons with swinging doors, brazen dance-hall girls, buckskin-clad Calamity Jane roaming the streets with her erstwhile paramour, Wild Bill Hickok. The setting is the lawless Dakota Territory of 1876 at the start of the Black Hills gold rush, a stampede for the golden pay dirt. One would hardly expect to find a Jewish pioneer grocer named Jacob Goldberg in this scene, yet Deadwood's story is incomplete without Goldberg. And Goldberg's story is incomplete without either Calamity Jane or Wild Bill. Not just Goldberg, but Finkelstein (also known as Franklin), Stern (also known as Star), Jacobs, Schwarzwald, Colman, Hattenbach, and many other Jews joined the throngs. The Jews provided much more than overalls, chamberpots, and the chambers in which to put them. They also became the mayors, legislators, and civic leaders who helped bring sense and stability to this unruly expanse.

Insiders' Guide® to South Dakota's Black Hills & Badlands

Insiders' Guide® to South Dakota's Black Hills & Badlands
Author: T. D. Griffith
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2011-03-15
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0762774827

Your Travel Destination. Your Home. Your Home-To-Be. South Dakota’s Black Hills & Badlands Ghost towns and modern towns. Trendy eateries and rustic bars. Cowboys and artists. Rodeos, skiing, hiking, and biking. Breathtaking landscapes in a place of welcoming smiles. • A personal, practical perspective for travelers and residents alike • Comprehensive listings of attractions, restaurants, and accommodations • How to live & thrive in the area—from recreation to relocation • Countless details on shopping, arts & entertainment, and children’s activities

Ho! for the Black Hills

Ho! for the Black Hills
Author: Jack Crawford
Publisher: SDSHS Press
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2012
Genre: History
ISBN: 0985281782

In 1875, a young man from Pennsylvania known as Captain Jack joined the Dodge Expedition into the Black Hills of Dakota Territory, penning letters to the Omaha Daily Bee during that time and for six months in 1876. John Wallace Crawford, aka Captain Jack, wrote a vibrant account of this fascinating time in the American West. His correspondence featured unusual and intriguing details about the relative merits of the gulches, the vagaries and difficulties of travel in the region, the art of survival in what was essentially wilderness, the hardships of inclement weather, trouble with outlaws, and interactions with American Indians. Award-winning historian Paul L. Hedren has compiled these almost unknown letters, writing an introduction and essays, which result in a treasure trove of hitherto hidden primary documents as well as a ripping yarn in the traditions of the old West. Book jacket.

Pioneer Days in the Black Hills

Pioneer Days in the Black Hills
Author: John S. McClintock
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780806131917

Pioneer Days in the Black Hills is a rough-and-tumble account of the early days of Deadwood, Dakota Territory. In 1874, after leading an expedition into the Black Hills, George Armstrong Custer announced that he had found gold "among the roots of the grass." Almost overnight a number of settlements sprang into existence. Among them was Deadwood. In April 1876, John S. McClintock arrived in search of gold. Entering a series of speculations and employments that won him moderate prosperity, he made Deadwood his home. During his later years, he wrote his memoirs, presented here for the first time in half a century.

Chasing the Glitter

Chasing the Glitter
Author: Richmond L. Clow
Publisher: Historical Preservation Series
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN:

Clow (Native American studies, U. of Montana-Missoula) offers an overview of the gold milling industry in the Black Hills of South Dakota. A miner's geology of the region is followed by discussion of the developing industrial processes that led to each major shift in technology, from the construction of the first mills to the refinement of the blue refractory ores. The book includes abundant b & w illustrations, primarily of the buildings and landscapes. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Black Hills White Justice

Black Hills White Justice
Author: Edward Lazarus
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 532
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780803279872

Black Hills/White Justice tells of the longest active legal battle in United States history: the century-long effort by the Sioux nations to receive compensation for the seizure of the Black Hills. Edward Lazarus, son of one of the lawyers involved in the case, traces the tangled web of laws, wars, and treaties that led to the wresting of the Black Hills from the Sioux and their subsequent efforts to receive compensation for the loss. His account covers the Sioux nations? success in winning the largest financial award ever offered to an Indian tribe and their decision to turn it down and demand nothing less than the return of the land.

The Lakotas and the Black Hills

The Lakotas and the Black Hills
Author: Jeffrey Ostler
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2011-06-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 0143119206

A concise and engrossing account of the Lakota and the battle to regain their homeland. The Lakota Indians made their home in the majestic Black Hills mountain range during the last millennium, drawing on the hills' endless bounty for physical and spiritual sustenance. Yet the arrival of white settlers brought the Lakotas into inexorable conflict with the changing world, at a time when their tribe would produce some of the most famous Native Americans in history, including Red Cloud, Sitting Bull, and Crazy Horse. Jeffrey Ostler's powerful history of the Lakotas' struggle captures the heart of a people whose deep relationship with their homeland would compel them to fight for it against overwhelming odds, on battlefields as varied as the Little Bighorn and the chambers of U.S. Supreme Court.

Black Hills Ghost Towns

Black Hills Ghost Towns
Author: Watson Parker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 215
Release: 1974-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780804006385

The Black Hills have been famous ever since the gold rush days of the 1870s. This book takes a look at the remains of those ghosts: the camps, the stage stops, the communities, the people who made the Black Hills famous. The book details 600 towns and includes many historical and contemporary photos. Also included are maps and tips on how to locate the ruins of those ghost towns.