Chapter I: Foreword

This book is not a history, although it contains some historical accounts where such are necessary to bring out the importance of the scenery described. It makes no attempt at being a technical guide of any sort, although the treatment of various animals, trees, flowers, and minerals is as near accurate as a tourist could hope to obtain.

The main purpose of this book is to give a chronological or itinerary account of what may be seen in the Black Hills. It should acquaint the tourist with the things of interest to see on his trip. It should save him the chagrin of passing a point of interest without having known he did so. It should, further, give him a souvenir of the scenes and experiences of the trip. But one of the central purposes of this treatise is to give the school children and the grown-ups of South Dakota a picture of their own Black Hills and Bad Lands.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I Introduction 9
II State Capitol 13
III The Badlands 21
IV Rapid City 35
V Cement Plant 40
VI Crystal Cave 43
VII Sturgis 48
VIII Belle Fourche 52
IX Spearfish 60
X Pine Crest Camp 69
XI Lead 71
XII Deadwood 83
XIII Pactola, Silver City, and Camp Wanzer 90
XIV Hill City and Keystone 93
XV Needles Road, Sylvan Lake Harney Peak and the Gorge 101
XVI Custer 125
XVII Hot Springs 145
Appendix Page
I Mountains 161
II Elevations 163
III Industries 165
IV Fishing 167
V Streams 169
VI Camps and Camping 171
VII New Developments 179
VIII Shorter Routes 183