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On U.S. 385, 3.5 miles north of 7-11 Road (County Road 101), on the right when traveling north.
Between 350 and 500 bison roam the grasslands of the national park — a token of the herds numbering 30 to 60 million that once inhabited the prairies of North America. The American bison, commonly called buffalo, became nearly extinct as settlers . . . — — Map (db m234632) HM
On U.S. 385, 1.9 miles north of 7-11 Road (County Road 101), on the right when traveling north.
Camp NP-1 (DNP-1): located southeast of the cave entrance
in Wind Cave Canyon.
Companies: 2754 -- 7/16/34 - 11/1/39
2757 detachment -- 4/18/40 - 8/1/40
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a federal relief program during 1933-1942 that . . . — — Map (db m134564) HM
Few images evoke the mobile nature of the Plains Indians life like the tipi. Crafted from what the land would yield — a few young trees, bison hides, and wooden stakes for anchoring — the tipi provided a sturdy yet portable home for families that . . . — — Map (db m234631) HM
All Black Hills caves have formed in this layer 300 to 600 feet thick. Originally it was laid down on a shallow seabottom about 300 million years ago. Its name derives from the Lakota word meaning "Black Hills". — — Map (db m70978) HM
He laid the foundation of the National Park Service, defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to the good that he has done. — — Map (db m234600) HM
The Civilian Conservation Corps established a camp here during the Great Depression of the 1930s to make improvements to the park. This camp employed 200 men at a time and provided much needed jobs and training. Over an eight-year period, the young . . . — — Map (db m70977) HM
On U.S. 385, 3.9 miles north of 7-11 Road (County Road 101), on the right when traveling north.
Wind Cave National Park harbors a fragment of an endangered ecosystem, a remnant of the native grasslands that once stretched from Indiana to the Rocky Mountains, from southern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. In fewer than 100 years, the Great Plains . . . — — Map (db m234694) HM
On North River Street (U.S. 385) 0.1 miles south of Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
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 was . . . — — Map (db m123995) HM
On Battle Mountain Avenue (U.S. 385) at Sherman Street, on the right when traveling north on Battle Mountain Avenue.
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
On Fall River Road (U.S. 18) near County Route 79F, on the left when traveling north.
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
On State Highway 71, 0.1 miles south of Cascade Trail.
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
On Fall River Road (U.S. 385) near Hidden Nook Trail, on the right when traveling north.
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
On U.S. 18 at Memorial Road (County Road 17), on the right when traveling west on U.S. 18.
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
On Fall River Road (U.S. 385) near Hill Side Road, on the right when traveling west.
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
On Fall River Road (U.S. 385) at Hidden Nook Trail, on the right when traveling south on Fall River Road.
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
On Bypass U.S. 18 near South 19th Street, on the right when traveling west.
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
On North River Street (U.S. 385) at Minnekahta Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North River Street.
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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 . . . — — Map (db m124000) HM
On State Highway 71, 0.1 miles north of County Road 71D, on the right when traveling north.
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
