These 155mm GPF cannons of French design could fire a projectile 10-12 miles at a
rate of two rounds per minute. This design was used by 10 different countries, including the US, in two World Wars (1917-1945). These surplus cannons were
acquired . . . — — Map (db m277349) HM
The White Draw fire started June 29, 2012 near Highway 18 by a vehicle fire. Due to very dry conditions and strong winds the fire spread quickly.
Most wildland fires are fought "indirectly" from the flank, rear, or overhead. Very important . . . — — Map (db m184799) HM
Camp at the Mouth of the Red Canyon, sometimes called Camp Collier, was established at this site in mid-June 1876 to protect travelers over the 150-mile Cheyenne-Black Hills stage road. It came into being after the Sioux, resentful of the white . . . — — Map (db m184460) HM
The Cheyenne to Deadwood Stage Line changed routes several times during its history.
In 1876 and 1877, the Cheyenne to Deadwood stagecoaches came through what would become present day Edgemont over what was known as Pollock’s Cutoff Route. The . . . — — Map (db m119900) HM
Welcome to Edgemont, the beginning of the Burlington Northern George S. Mickelson Trail! This winding trail follows the abandoned Burlington Northern Railroad route 114 miles through the heart of the Black Hills and ends at Deadwood.
The . . . — — Map (db m123925) HM
The Community of Edgemont was established in 1889 with the arrival of the railroad. Edgemont became a hub for several railroads servicing all directions and still has a busy railyard today. The railroad spur to Deadwood begins here and is now . . . — — Map (db m281086) HM
In the early 1970's, a major fire burned into Long Beach, CA, destroying hundreds of homes. In response Congress created the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS), a joint effort between the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Forest . . . — — Map (db m184797) HM
In early 1890, the Burlington Railroad established Siding 7 three-quarters of a mile up the tracks north from here. The siding consisted of four short, fan-shaped tracks and a hand-operated turntable over an open pit used for servicing engines. . . . — — Map (db m119899) HM
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President Theodore Roosevelt (T. R.) stopped in Edgemont on April 25, 1903 as part of a
western states tour. Hundreds were on hand to welcome him.
An old friend, Seth Bullock of Deadwood, arrived with him.
They were then . . . — — Map (db m124008) HM
Nobody suspected that this old jail existed until it was found within the walls of a frame house on 332 South Chicago Street, Hot Springs. The old residence was being taken down for salvage. Although it’s earliest history is obscure, it . . . — — Map (db m282321) HM
According to tradition, American Indians were stricken with an epidemic known as “fell disease” about the middle of the 16th century that threatened to obliterate the tribes. A messenger arrived from the Great West with news of a . . . — — Map (db m124081) HM
The eight mile long Fall River, winding through Fall River Canyon after the joining of Cold and Hot Brook streams above the city of Hot Springs, tumbles below over an outcropping of sandstone falling about 50 feet to form Fall River Falls, as viewed . . . — — Map (db m184430) HM
You are Standing in the Middle of a Community Meeting!
This area is the meeting place of three distinct plant communities ~ the ponderosa pine woodland, the mixed grass prairie, and the Cascade warm springs ecosystem. Their boundaries . . . — — Map (db m184457) HM
This historical wooden jail was found within the walls of a frame house at 332 South Chicago Street here in Hot Springs by William L. "Bud" Soper while he was demolishing the structure for salvage. The jail was donated to the city and it was moved . . . — — Map (db m282322) HM
Tribal tradition states that as long ago as the 16th century the Fall River Valley and canyon area were seldom without groups of tipis belonging to North American Plains Tribes. They knew the curative value of the warm springs located there and used . . . — — Map (db m184455) HM
John S. Robertson (1866-1937) was a pioneer in farming and fruit growing in the Black Hills. His dryland orchard was located about four miles north, at an elevation of 4,200 feet. Born in Ohio in 1866, Robertson homesteaded in Fall River County in . . . — — Map (db m184459) HM
This highway along Fall River is dedicated to Leslie Jensen, 15th Governor of South Dakota 1937-1939, a native of Hot Springs, and a son of Chris Jensen, Black Hills Pioneer and Lillie May Haxby Jensen. Educated in Hot Springs, Culver Military . . . — — Map (db m184428) HM
This highway along Fall River is dedicated to Leslie Jensen, 15th Governor of South Dakota 1937-1939, a native of Hot Springs, and a son of Chris Jensen, Black Hills Pioneer and Lillie May Haxby Jensen. Educated in Hot Springs, Culver Military . . . — — Map (db m184450) HM
Gigantic Mammoths, ancestors of the elephants of today, once roamed freely across the High Plains of North America. A repository of their remains, along with other prehistoric animals, lay undisturbed until their discovery over 26,000 years later, . . . — — Map (db m184458) HM
Minnekahta once had a section house, school, and a store/gas station. Water
for the steam engines had to be hauled in and pumped out of tank cars into
the water tower because the local water was too hard to use.
The grasses in this area . . . — — Map (db m313139) HM
The site of Hot Springs was occupied before white men ever came to the area by tribal peoples for the “curative” benefits of the mineral springs. The constant 97-98 degree waters became the basis for the thriving resort town. Numerous bathhouses, . . . — — Map (db m124000) HM
You are standing about 140 feet above Wind Cave
near the Methodist Church room, which is along the
Natural Entrance Tour Route. The Garden of Eden
Tour is to your right, past the elevator, and the
Fairgrounds Tour loop is straight ahead. . . . — — Map (db m313120) HM
Approximately 125 yards east of this spot the Wood Stage Station served as a stop on the Sydney to Deadwood Trail. This station offered the first glimpse of the Black Hills to travelers seeking their fortune in the newly opened gold fields. The . . . — — Map (db m184456) HM
The Town of Oelrichs, Dakota Territory, began in 1885. Harry Oelrichs (1856-1902) of New York came in 1882 and bought out several large cattle ranches, totaling 35,000 head of cattle, for the Anglo-American Cattle Company. At this time, . . . — — Map (db m89461) HM
