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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Archaeological dig that found old guns in Deadwood

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The Lawrence County (SD) Historical Society offers oldtimers and newcomers alike an opportunity to learn more about the people and events that have shaped our county. Lawrence County is nestled in the western corner of South Dakota at the northern end of the beautiful Black Hills.

◊ AREA WEBSITES OF INTEREST ◊

Black Hills Journal
The Adams - Deadwood
Friends of Case Library
Days of '76 Museum
Spearfish Area History
SD State Railroad Museum
SD Air & Space Museum
South Dakota Historical Soc.
West River History Conference
Wyoming Historical Society
Nebraska Historical Society
Western Heritage Center
Black Hills Knowledge Net

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1888 Homestake pay train is robbed by road agents
Smithsonian exhibits Native artwork of Black Hills region
Society working to keep railroad history alive
Finding the graves of prominent Indian leaders
Principal says one-room schoolhouse here to stay!
"Outlaw Square" among renovations considered for historic Deadwood
Some SD historians unhappy with K-12 school standards
New Red Cloud biography published by SDSH Press
Scientists exploring old cave found in Black Hills
Dustin Floyd's story on early Deadwood prostitution
First South Dakota school of nursing was in Deadwood
Author revisits Lame Johnny story of gold treasure
"Thieves Road" review; 1874 Custer Expedition

SITE TOPICS

"Aunt Lou" Marchbanks (1)
4-H Clubs (1)
Adams (R.C.) (1)
Adams (W.E.) (1)
Adams Museum (2)
Aladdin (1)
Aladdin Tipple (1)
Alexander (Linda) (1)
Alonso (Jose) (1)
American National Bank (1)
Aviation (3)
B-17 aircraft (1)
Baseball (1)
Beardshear (Iva) (1)
Belle Fourche Bee (1)
Bender (Mike) (1)
Bernie Williams Award (1)
BH National Cemetery (1)
Black Elk (1)
Black Hills Champion (1)
Black Hills Feat. Film Co. (1)
Black Hills forestry (1)
Board of Directors (1)
Book Reviews (1)
Boy Scouts (1)
Bryant (Jerry) (22)
Calamity Jane (2)
Callison (Minnie) (1)
Cannary (Martha Jane) (1)
Carlson (Richard) (1)
Carlson (Sarah) (1)
Carr (Robert V.) (1)
Case Library (1)
Cemeteries (6)
Central City (2)
Cerney (Jan) (1)
Chadron - Nebraska (1)
Chase (Jabez) (1)
Chastain (Don) (1)
China Town Dig (1)
City of Spearfish (1)
Clark (Badger) (1)
Cleveland (Cynthia) (1)
Cody (William F.) (1)
Cowboy Poetry (1)
Crook City (2)
Crook County Museum (1)
Custer (Gen. George) (1)
D.C.Booth Fish Hatchery (1)
Dakota Graphics (1)
Dancing (1)
Daniels (Earl) (1)
Davis (Adrienne Webster) (1)
Davis (Chambers C.) (1)
Davis (Vernon) (5)
Days of '76 (1)
Days of '76 Museum (1)
Deadwood (5)
Deadwood Alive (1)
Deadwood Dick (2)
Deadwood Grants (1)
Deadwood History (4)
Deadwood Pub. Schools (1)
Deadwood Railroad Depot (1)
Deadwood Stage Line (1)
Denver Post (1)
Dias (Greg) (1)
Dillman (Kashton) (1)
Driscoll (Dan) (1)
Edgerton (Alonzo) (1)
Education (1)
Esmeralda Mine (1)
Ewing (Bill) (1)
Explorer II (1)
Fall Meetings (4)
Fall Tours (3)
Fassbender Collection (2)
Film Festival (1)
Fire Towers (1)
Flooding of 1972 (2)
Floods (1)
Floyd (Dustin-Laura) (1)
Frawley (Hank) (2)
Frawley (Henry) (1)
Freeman (John) (1)
Friendship Tower (1)
Ft. Meade (1)
Furois (Ed) (1)
Gallup-Livingston (Mary) (3)
Gangloff (Deb) (1)
Gay (Bill) (1)
Gayville (1)
Gayville Toll Road (1)
Gold (2)
Gold Camp Players (1)
Golden Reward (1)
Great Western Cattle Trail (1)
Guern (Jeannine) (5)
Guns (2)
HARCC (1)
Harlan (Cyndie) (3)
Hearst (George) (1)
Herbert Blakely Award (1)
Heritage of the Am. West (1)
Hickok (Wild Bill) (1)
Hidden Treasure Mine (1)
Higbee (Paul) (1)
High Plains Western Heritage Center (1)
Historic Homes Tour (1)
Historic maps (2)
Historic Preservation (2)
Homes Tours (1)
Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center (1)
Homestake Mine (5)
Homestake Opera House (1)
Homestake sawmill (1)
Horsted (Paul) (1)
Hovland (Ivan) (2)
Hydro-electric power (1)
Ice Skating (2)
Internal Revenue Service (1)
Irion (Jimmy) (2)
Iverson (Erik) (1)
James Anderson Ranch (1)
Jefferson (Joyce) (1)
Johnson Siding (1)
Jones (JoAnna) (3)
Karchut (Marissa) (1)
Klock (Irma) (1)
Kopco (Mary) (4)
Kracht (Larry) (1)
Kraemer (Norma) (11)
Kraemer (Vern) (2)
LaLonde (Louie) (1)
Larson (Lennis) (1)
Law enforcement (1)
Lead Roundhouse (1)
Little Dane Church (1)
Little House on the Prairie (1)
Livingston (Mary) (2)
Lown Mercantile (1)
Lundberg (John) (1)
Lundberg Dorr and Wilson mine (1)
Lunt (David) (1)
Martin (Jean) (2)
Martin (Kaitlyn) (1)
Matheney (Bob-Ann) (1)
Matthews Opera House (1)
Mattson (Jon) (1)
Mattson (Rocky) (1)
Mayer (Tom) (1)
Meetings (1)
Membership (1)
Mercer (Bob) (1)
Miller (Kevin) (1)
Miller (Larry) (1)
Mills (Rick) (1)
Mitchell (Jacke) (4)
Mitchell (Milton) (1)
Mitchell (Steven) (1)
Montana (1)
Moody (Gideon) (1)
Moon Walks (1)
Mount Roosevelt (1)
Mt. Moriah (1)
Namminga (Lynn) (2)
Nemo (1)
Newcastle (1)
Non-profit status (1)
Orme (Leo) (1)
Parker (Bob) (1)
Parker (Watson) (1)
Pay Dirt (1)
Pearson (Alex) (1)
Persistence Cave (1)
Phillips (Henry) (1)
Pinchot (Gifford) (1)
Pioneer Girl (1)
President's Message (1)
Quarterly Meetings (1)
Queen City Mail (1)
Railroads (3)
Rantapaa (Jolene) (1)
Richards (Reed) (1)
Robinson (Robert O.) (1)
Roubaix Cemetery (1)
Rounds (Glen) (1)
Rumpca (Ronette) (1)
Runge (Mike) (2)
Rusch (Emilie) (1)
Ruth (Babe) (1)
Sago (Roberta) (1)
Schmidt (Deb) (1)
SD Humanities Council (1)
Shand (Bill) (1)
Shaw (Al) (1)
Sid's Halfway House (1)
Smith (Art) (1)
Smith (Preacher) (1)
Smith (Randi) (1)
Smithsonian Institution (1)
Solaas (Cindy) (1)
South Dakota immigrants (1)
Spanish Cannon (1)
Spanish-American War (1)
Spaulding (Johnny) (1)
Spearfish (4)
Spearfish Hist. Preserv. (1)
Spearfish historical signs (1)
Spearfish Park Pavilion (1)
Spring Meetings (3)
Spring Tours (3)
St. Ambrose Cemetery (1)
St. Onge (1)
Stapleton (Con) (1)
Starr (Sol) (1)
Stratobowl (1)
Terry (6)
Terry Cemetery (5)
Terry school (1)
Thoen Stone (1)
Thompson (Pam) (1)
Toms (Don) (1)
Toomey (Daniel J.) (1)
Tours (7)
Town Timelines (1)
Tretheway (Wilbur) (1)
Trojan School (1)
Trump (Michael) (1)
U.S. Geological Survey (1)
Unidentified photos (1)
USS Maine (1)
Van Tassell (Raven) (1)
Vaughn "Tennessee" (1)
Waif of Deadwood (1)
Walsh (Maurice) (1)
Warren Peak (1)
Water rights (1)
Watson (Donna) (3)
WCTU (1)
Weaver (Jim) (2)
Weaver (Verla) (1)
Weber (Carolyn) (1)
Welcome (1)
West River History Conference (1)
Western Heritage Center (1)
Wharf Resources (6)
Whitewood (2)
Whitewood Creek (1)
Wild Bill Hickok (1)
Wilder (Laura Ingalls Wilder) (1)
Williams (Horry) (1)
Winkler (Tom) (1)
Wolff (David) (5)
World War II (1)
Woster (Kevin) (2)
Wyoming (1)

WHITEWOOD & RAILROAD HISTORY

Rick Mills-SD Railroad Museum

PHOTOS OF EARLY DAY DEADWOOD

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GORDY PRATT AS SETH BULLOCK

THE ADAMS HOUSE by Dick Termes

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF KDSJ RADIO

SPEARFISH IRRAGATION PROJECT

SOUTH DAKOTA'S ABIDING SYMBOL

A Black Hills Pioneer story

MT. ROOSEVELT IN 2-1/2 MINUTES

USFS MOUNT ROOSEVELT VIDEO

FT PIERRE TO DEADWOOD TRAIL

2013 SPRING TOUR OF WHITEWOOD

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2012 FALL TOUR PHOTO GALLERY

2011 DEADWOOD HOMES TOUR

IMAGES OF SPEARFISH CANYON

Ride....SPEARFISH CANYON TOURS!

DAYS OF '76 RODEO DATA FROM JT

Friend and long-time rodeo announcer Jim Thompson has collected data over the years about this great Deadwood rodeo. Click on Jim's photo and take a peek!