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Black Hills Ghost Towns by Watson Parker (1974, Trade Paperback, Reprint)

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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.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Ohio University Press
ISBN-10
0804006385
ISBN-13
9780804006385
eBay Product ID (ePID)
292982

Product Key Features

Book Title
Black Hills Ghost Towns
Author
Watson Parker
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
United States / State & Local / General, Special Interest / General
Publication Year
1974
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, History
Number of Pages
215 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.8 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz

Additional Product Features

Edition Description
Reprint
Reviews
Carefully researched and attractively put together, this directory will be welcomed by history buffs.
Copyright Date
1974
Dewey Decimal
917.83/9
Dewey Edition
19

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