| Black Hills Gold Rush Towns: Volume II Contributor(s): Cerney, Jan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467113972 ISBN-13: 9781467113977 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Series: Images of America |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 6.3" W x 9" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest - Geographic Orientation - South Dakota |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rising out of the prairie, the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming had long been rumored to have promising quantities of gold. Sacred to the Lakota, the Black Hills was part of the land reserved for them in the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868. However, the tide of prospectors seeking their fortune in the Black Hills was difficult to stem. Members of the 1874 Custer expedition, lead by Gen. George Armstrong Custer, found gold. In 1875, scientists Henry Newton and Walter Jenney conducted an expedition and confirmed the rumors. By 1876, the trickle of prospectors and settlers coming to the Black Hills was a flood. The US government realized that keeping the interlopers out was impossible, and in 1877 the Black Hills was officially opened to settlement. In this sequel to their Black Hills Gold Rush Towns book, the authors expand their coverage of Black Hills towns during the gold-rush era. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cerney, Jan: - A retired teacher, Jan Cerney has written nine books for Arcadia publishing and a novel series for the American Quilter's Society. She lives on a ranch near the Badlands with her husband, Bob. Roberta Sago is the special collections librarian at Black Hills State University, Leland D. Case Library. She has cowritten three other books with Jan for Arcadia Publishing. |