This is a new Wild West story. After years of careful research, we learn that there were hundreds of Jewish participants in the Black Hills Gold Rush of 1876. They had some profound influences and the Jewish pioneers of the hills and prairie left a lasting legacy.
The Black Hills of South Dakota is virtually unknown as a paddling destination.
Using the locations in this book, you can see where many of the stations used to be situated, including old horse corrals, telegraph wire roads, relics of possible stations, and numerous trail ruts made by heavy freight across the prairie.
The maps, directions and GPS readings lead you to the campsites and down the trail, with stops for many of the photo sites and even for ruts left by Custer's wagons.The choice is yours--use the photographs and accounts to relive the Black ...
"War changes people. For the Fortune family of Coryell County, Texas, the changes were drastic. The ranch was lost, mother and twin daughters died, and the family drifted north to the Black Hills."--Page 4 of cover.
Fort Pierre-Deadwood Trail