<p>The Black Hills have been famous ever since the gold rush days of the 1870s when General George A. Custer’s expedition in the summer of 1874 found and advertised placer gold in the Black Hills valleys and a rush to the Hills began. Indian claimants to the area were placated, defeated or ignored and by 1875 a gold rush that continues to the present was under way.The Homestake Mining Company in the Black Hills is today one of the largest operating gold mines in the world. Thousands of unknown miners, merchants, gamblers and soiled doves have come and gone during the century past. And hundreds of towns have boomed and busted, most of them before the beginning of the twentieth century.This book takes a look at the remains of those ghosts: the camps, the stage stops, the communities, the people who made the Black Hills famous. In extensive gazetteer fashion, the authors detail 600 towns and enrich the text with a lavish layout of historical and contemporary photos. Also included are maps and tips on how to locate the ruins of those ghost towns.</p>

Black Hills Ghost Towns

History

Parker, Watson

Lambert, Hugh K.

Americas

SWALLOW PRESS+

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Lambert, Hugh K.. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Lambert, Hugh K.

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Lambert, Hugh K.. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Black Hills Ghost Towns