Ho! for the Black Hills

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

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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.

Fort Meade and the Black Hills

Fort Meade and the Black Hills
Title Fort Meade and the Black Hills PDF eBook
Author Robert Lee
Publisher U of Nebraska Press
Pages 340
Release 1991-05-01
Genre History
ISBN 9780803279612

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Fort Meade was the home of the famous Seventh Cavalry after its ignominious defeat in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Troops from Fort Meade played a pivotal role in the events that led to the tragedy at Wounded Knee in 1890. It was the scene of imprisonment of Ute Indians who made the mistake of interpreting their new citizenship status as freedom from government control. The fort survived the mechanization of the horse cavalry, aided the record-breaking Stratosphere Balloon flight of 1935, and became a training site for the nation’s first airborne troops. Fort Meade existed for sixty-six years, from 1878 to 1944. Robert Lee examines the strategic importance of its location on the northern edge of the Black Hills and the role it played in the settlement of the region, as well as the role played by the citizens of Sturgis in keeping it alive. One of the chief delights of Fort Meade and the Black Hills is a gallery of characters including the unfortunate Major Marcus Reno, the beautiful and fatal Ella Sturgis, and the cigar-smoking Poker Alice Tubbs. They, and events scaled to their larger-than-life size, are part of this long overdue story of Fort Meade.

The Black Hills Trails

The Black Hills Trails
Title The Black Hills Trails PDF eBook
Author Jesse Brown
Publisher
Pages 586
Release 1924
Genre Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)
ISBN

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Geochemistry of the Madison and Minnelusa Aquifers in the Black Hills Area, South Dakota

Geochemistry of the Madison and Minnelusa Aquifers in the Black Hills Area, South Dakota
Title Geochemistry of the Madison and Minnelusa Aquifers in the Black Hills Area, South Dakota PDF eBook
Author Cheryl A. Naus
Publisher
Pages 130
Release 2001
Genre Geochemistry
ISBN

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Cowboy Life

Cowboy Life
Title Cowboy Life PDF eBook
Author George Philip
Publisher South Dakota State Historical Society
Pages 565
Release 2007
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0985290579

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Rattlesnakes and ornery horses, the dreaded Texas Itch, midnight rambles in graveyards, trips to Mexico, and hard riding on the last open range: George Philip recounts all these adventures and more with wit and humour. George Phillip arrived in South Dakota from Scotland in 1899. For the next four years, he rode as a cowboy for his uncle's L-7 cattle outfit during the heyday of the last open range. But the cowboy era was a brief one, and in 1903 Philip turned in his string of horses and hung up his saddle to enter law school in Michigan. In these candid letters, Philip provides fascinating insights into the development of the West and of South Dakota. His writing details the cowboy's day-to-day work, from branding and roping to navigating across the palins by stars and buttes, as the great open ranges slowly closed up.

From Our Special Correspondent

From Our Special Correspondent
Title From Our Special Correspondent PDF eBook
Author James Potter
Publisher History Nebraska
Pages 334
Release 2016
Genre History
ISBN 9780933307377

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Transcribed dispatches from the 1875 Black Hills Council where U.S. government agents met with Native American leaders from plains and mountain tribes including the Lakota, Cheyenne, Western Sioux, Crow, Shoshone to negotiate ownership of the Black Hills. Dispatches are grouped chronologically by byline date rather than actual publication date.

The Black Hills Engineer

The Black Hills Engineer
Title The Black Hills Engineer PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 672
Release 1923
Genre
ISBN

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