Custer

15 historical markers in South Dakota

Campsite of General Custer’s Expedition

August 1-6, 1874 This picturesque valley was the site of the permanent camp of the Black Hills Expedition of 1874 under the command of...

Civilian Conservation Corps – French Creek

Camp SP-3 (DSP-1 in 1934): NE 2 miles, end of CSP road on French Creek.

Civilian Conservation Corps Camp - Mayo

Camp F-13 Mayo: located 0.3 mile W, 0.5 mile S & 0.2 mile W Companies: 1792 - - 6/17/33-10/21/35 1764 - - 10/30/35-1/14/36 The Civilian...

Civilian Conservation Corps Camp – Custer

Custer on, SD

Camp F-12 Custer: 8.6 miles NW of roads 297, 284, 285 & 292 Companies: 1791 - - 6/13/33-12/37 756 - - 12/15/37-4/6/39 762 - - 4/6/39-1942...

Civilian Conservation Corps Camp – Horse Creek

Camp F-2 (DF-2) Horse Creek: Located 2 miles W on Horse Creek Companies: 791 - - 5/22/33-4/30-34 2761 - - 10/25/35-01/36 2752 - -...

Civilian Conservation Corps Camp – Lightning Creek

Lightening Creek, SD

Camp F-14 Lightning Creek: located 0.7 miles NW on road 288 Companies: 1783V - - 10/17/33-Spring 34 791 - - 4/30/34-Fall 41 The Civilian...

Civilian Conservation Corps Camp – Lodge

Game Lodge, SD

Companies: 2755 - - 7/16/34-10/21/35 795 - - 10/29/35-1/13/36 1793 - - 4/27/36-7/30/42 The Civilian Conservation Corps was a federal...

Civilian Conservation Corps Camp – Pine Creek

Camp SP-1 Pine Creek: Located across the lake on shoreline Company: 1793 - - 06/12/33-04/24/36 The Civilian Conservation Corps was a...

Civilian Conservation Corps Camp – Wind Cave

Cave entrance in Wind Cave Canyon, SD

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 - -...

Civilian Conservation Corps Camp –Stockade Lake

Camps SP-2 & F-23 (Doran): Below Stockade Lake Dam.

Crazy Horse Mountain

1 ½ Miles KORZAK ZIOLKOWSKI SEEKS TO MAKE THE DREAM OF HENRY STANDING BEAR, OF A MEMORIAL TO CRAZY HORSE, OGLALA BAND, LAKOTA SIOUX...

Jedediah Strong Smith’s Route - - 1823

Buffalo Gap, SD

First white man in the Black Hills, this courageous and brawny beaver trapper in 1823 led a dozen Mountain Men from Fort Kiowa to the...

Memorial to Horace N. Ross

Custer, SD

Dedicated to the memory of Horace N. Ross discover of gold in the Black Hills at Custer, So.

The Borglum Ranch and Studio

Here on Squaw Creek in the shadow of the ancient Black Hills, in 1929, Gutzon Borglum, distinguished American sculptor, brought his wife,...

The Pigtail Bridges

Keystone on Iron Mountain Road, SD

In 1932, Cecil Clyde Gideon, forged ahead with the design of the Pigtail Bridges when many felt it couldn’t be done.

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