Pioneers and Native Americans

Pioneers and Native Americans. . , Dr. Valentine McGillycuddy with his wife Fannie, at home at 727 South St. McGillycuddy was Mayor, Indian Agent, Dean of the School of Mines and South Dakota's first State Surgeon., Joseph and Alice Gossage , Publishers of the city's most enduring newspaper. Today's Rapid City Journal is their legacy., Annie Tallent , Member of the Gordon-Russell party, among the first settlers, a leading educator., Mike Quinn, bullwhacker and founder of the town of Quinn, S.D., with good friend and business partner, Pierre 'Pete' Duhamel., Edna (Mrs. Samuel) Scott, Jennie Leedy (Mrs. John R.) Brennan, Tom Sweeney (rt.) in his hardware store on the NW corner of 7th and Main Streets., First graduating class from the Dakota School of Mines, founded in 1885. Benjamin Poznansky, Carrie Feigel and Eva Robinson., Fire hose team , One of the first and most important elements of any community was its fire-fighting capability. John Brennan in straw hat., Survivors of the 1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn , (Left to Right) Little Warrior, Pemmican, Little Soldier, Dewey Beard, John Sitting Bull, High Eagle, Iron Hawk, Comes Again. Photographed in 1948., Black Elk, Lakota Medicine Man, in 1948. Survivor of the 1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn., Officers of the YMCA , A posed photograph, illustrating some of the vices that might ensnare a young man- smoking, drinking, and gambling. Clearly, the officers were not without a sense of humor.