Lawrence Co SDGenWeb What's New?   powered by FreeFind Index HISTORY American Indians | Business Directories | Chinese | Cities | Floods | Geology | Lawrence County | Maps | Military | Mining | People | Railroads | South Dakota searches | Timelines | White Exlorers, Settlers American Indians, Native Americans PBS VIDEO: We Shall Remain | The Films | Native Now Lakota - Dakota - Sioux Nation, crystalinks Great Sioux War of 1876-77 (or Black Hills War or Lakota War), wikipedia The Dakotas "the Black Hills were Lakota territory in 1874 when George Armstrong Custer returned..." "the Black Hills were sacred to a succession of Plains tribes who fought to control them" Before Custer, BlackHillsMiningMuseum The Arikara, mhanation I. Native American Culture and the Black Hills until 1750, Rick W. Mills, BlackHillsVisitor     "During the late 1700s to early 1800s, the Lakota came to control the lands in the Black Hills..." II. Native American Culture and the Black Hills 1750-1865, Rick W. Mills, BlackHillsVisitor III. Native American Culture and the Black Hills 1865-1873, Rick W. Mills, BlackHillsVisitor (See 1868 Treaty below) IV. Native American Culture and the Black Hills 1874-1875, Rick W. Mills, BlackHillsVisitor     "In the summer of 1874, Lt. Colonel George Custer led a large expedition including about 1,000 troops with scientists and reporters into the Black Hills, officially to explore and set up a military post to control the non-signed Indians. But the real purpose, as indicated by the presence of geologists, was to identify areas for gold mining. This expedition discovered gold, and advertised this to the media and public." V. Native American Culture and the Black Hills 1876-1880, Rick W. Mills, BlackHillsVisitor (See 1876-77 Treaty below) VI. Native American Culture and the Black Hills 1880-1890, with MAP, Rick W. Mills, BlackHillsVisitor VII. Native American Culture and the Black Hills 1890-present, Rick W. Mills, BlackHillsVisitor Black Hills Treaty, 1876, archives.gov 2009 update - law suit; hope in President Obama for return of Black Hills land under federal ownership Native American History (A. T. Andreas' "Historical Atlas of Dakota", 1884) The Dakotas Indian Agencies Indian Bands Indian Tribes in South Dakota - Description and History, 1884 Tradition of various local Indian Tribes Names of Indian Moons Native American Searches Native American Interactive Genealogy, History, Travel Native American Searches Guide to American Indian Research in South Dakota, sdhistory.org BEAR BUTTE: Bear Butte State Park, Plains Indians including Lakota and Cheyenne Sacred Bear Butte Threatened Business Directories Directories Chinese Chinese Influence in Early Deadwood, Black Hills Visitor Magazine DEADWOOD: 2003 Chinatown Excavations Cities DEADWOOD: BloggerDeadwood, blogspot.com     Deadwood, cityofdeadwood LEAD: Homestake Tours Black Hills Mining Museum Dakota Territory Census Records Dakota Territory and Statehood, memory.loc.gov Dakota Territory, Google Fires Floods PDF: May 21, 1883: A Black Hills Calamity: More than Half of Deadwood Swept Away (New York Times) PDF: May 21, 1883: Mining Gulches Flooded; Deadwood and other towns swept - Loss over half a million dollars. Geology: History of the Earth Black Hills Geology Gold Gold in Lawrence Co SD Lawrence County History Lawrence Co SD, Andreas Lawrence County Historical Society Lawrence Co SD, Wikipedia Lawrence Co SD history, official site Lawrence Co SDGenWeb Archives, text The History of Lawrence County, Andreas (text file) Maps Military 1874 Custer Expedition to the Black Hills Mining, Mine Histories, Claims, Photos Gold Mining in the Black Hills Gathering gold Before Custer, BlackHillsMiningMuseum Gold Prospecting and Sluicing today, Black Hills National Forest History of Mining Regulations in SD, DENR Inactive and Abandoned Mine Lands inventory, 2001, DENR Ecology and Natural Resources Minerals Yearbook 1932-33, page 143 Black Hills Gold Mines People See Native Americans and Biographies Memories of a Deadwood watermelon adventure by Jean and Elwood Fairweather Last of the Great Scouts, by Helen Cody Wetmore (mentions Deadwood stage in Chapter 26-27) The Death of "Wild Bill" Hickok, Hays City Sentinel, August 16, 1876 (low on page) Names Bill Sutherland as the murderer. (Bypaths of Kansas History) Wyatt Earp and the "Buntline Special" Myth, Wm B. Shillingberg, Kansas Historical Quarterlies. Mentions Deadwood. Railroads in the Northern Black Hills A Century of Railroading in the Northern Black Hills, deadwood.govoffice.com South Dakota Searches SD History & Research, IGEN Place Names in SD, Andreas, 1884 South Dakota State Historical Society news archives USGW-Archives SD Timelines DEADWOOD: City of Deadwood Time Line DEADWOOD: Mt. Moriah Cemetery 1877-1946 Treaties 1868 Laramie Treaty, BlackHillsVisitor 1877 amendment to the 1868 Treaty, Rick W. Mills, BlackHillsVisitor     "the issue (of only 10% adult male Sioux signing the treaty in 1876 rather than the 75% required by the 1868 Treaty) continued to be disputed for more than another hundred years, through the Supreme Court decision of 1980 to award interest on payment to the Sioux for the U.S. taking the Black Hills in violation of the 1868 Treaty. White Explorers and Settlers Andreas, 1884 Biographies - Lawrence Co SD, Andreas, 1884 Fur Companies and Trading Posts Lewis and Clark and other Early Explorers Also see: SD Genealogy, History, and Travel | American West

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