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Souvenir Map and Guide for Tourists in the BLACK HILLS of South Dakota
Souvenir Map and Guide for Tourists in the BLACK HILLS of South Dakota
The possibility of motoring through various sections of the Black Hills for pleasure and business has long been known. The idea is new, however, of selecting good automobile routes to reach the larger cities and points of scenic interest in this region, and of platting the same as a guide to the stranger who may be easily lost amid the windings and branchings of the roads in forest, mining camp or city. The strenuous efforts of various localities and counties along these routes to improve them d
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CLIMATE
CLIMATE
Moderate temperature, winter and summer, abundance of sunshine and clear, dry air make the Black Hills particularly desirable from a tourist’s standpoint. The altitude ranging from 3500 to 8000 feet above sea level. Absolute freedom from mosquitoes in many parts of the hills and cool, dry nights make it an ideal country for camping....
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GAME
GAME
In the wilder portions, bears, wild cats, wolves, silver foxes, and other large game may be found. Special provision has been made for re-stocking the Forest Reserve at frequent intervals with deer and elk which, together with legal protection for these animals from December 1st to November 1st makes them very plentiful. Plover, partridges, pheasants, grouse, ducks and geese may be easily had in season. Although many kinds of fish are found in the mountain streams, trout are the most common. The
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SOUTH DAKOTA LAWS CONCERNING AUTOMOBILES
SOUTH DAKOTA LAWS CONCERNING AUTOMOBILES
Residents of other states using their cars in South Dakota will not be required to re-register their cars in South Dakota providing they have complied with all laws regarding registration of automobiles in the state from which they came, and providing such state extends a similar privilege to South Dakotans. Automobiles must be driven in a careful and prudent manner, at a rate of speed such as not to endanger the property, life or limb of any person, provided that a rate of speed in excess of 25
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DEADWOOD
DEADWOOD
Perhaps the best known city in the Northern Hills is Deadwood, the center of the industrial and mining interests of this section. Most excellent hotel and garage accommodations, its convenience to surrounding points of scenic interest, and a general spirit of genuine western hospitality toward all will continue to make it a most popular tourist center. Although high in the Hills it is connected with the plains outside by a good road of easy gradient....
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RAPID CITY
RAPID CITY
At the point of entrance to the Black Hills from the east, Rapid City has become a leading industrial and railway center. Good hotel and garage accommodations make this a pleasant stopping place in the foothills. The trip westward into the Hills along Rapid Creek to Pactola by auto, or by rail to Mystic, should not be overlooked by any tourist in this territory....
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SPEARFISH
SPEARFISH
Spearfish is located on the northern margin of the Hills, close to the mouth of Spearfish canyon, to Sand Creek, to Higgins Gulch, Crow Peak and other fishing and hunting resorts. It has good hotel and garage accommodations, and is visited by thousands of tourists each year....
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BELLE FOURCHE
BELLE FOURCHE
Twenty-eight miles north of Deadwood and close to the 100,000 acre government irrigation project is a thriving county seat town of 3000 population. It has been a noted shipping point for those interested in cattle and sheep raising in years gone by and is now becoming the principal center of business for the adjacent irrigated districts....
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WHITEWOOD
WHITEWOOD
A thriving village at the point of entrance into the Hills which will be remembered by the tourist going by rail or auto to Deadwood, Lead, Spearfish or other points in the northern Hills....
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HILL CITY
HILL CITY
This has been one of the leading towns in the heart of the Black Hills district since the early days of the Black Hills history. Numerous tin, mica and other mines and considerable rich agricultural land are found near here. About 45 miles from Deadwood, Rapid City and Hot Springs it is a convenient stopping place for tourists travelling through this territory....
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THE HOMESTAKE MINE
THE HOMESTAKE MINE
The largest gold mine in the world, employing an average of 3500 men and producing from $5,000,000 to $8,000,000 worth of gold bullion per year, has its principal properties and mines at Lead. The Elliston Hoist, the largest now operated by the company, is 1850 feet deep. The 1200 H. P. hoisting engine with its hoisting rope, a 7¾ inch by ⅝ inch flat laced steel cable weighing 7 pounds to the foot, lifting a load of 10 tons, not including the weight of the cable from the bottom of the mine to th
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SPEARFISH CANYON
SPEARFISH CANYON
There is probably no other scenic place in the Black Hills which has been given as much attention by tourists, photographers, and magazine writers as Spearfish Canyon. The Royal Gorge in Colorado, the Palisades of the Hudson and many other points of national scenic wonder may be found reproduced here on a scale perhaps less grand, but making up in beauty all that is lost in magnitude. Good automobile roads traverse long stretches of this canyon, entering it from Deadwood, and from Spearfish as p
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CRYSTAL CAVE
CRYSTAL CAVE
Crystal Cave, in the Northern Hills, is resplendent with stalactite and stalagmite formations and is quite different in general structure from Wind Cave. During 1913 it is expected that the construction of a new road from Deadwood will make this cave accessible to automobile tourists....
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SYLVAN LAKE THE NEEDLES HARNEY PEAK
SYLVAN LAKE THE NEEDLES HARNEY PEAK
One of the most interesting places in the Hills from a scenic point of view is located about midway between Deadwood and Hot Springs. Harney Peak, the highest point in the Hills from which can be seen four states, the hundreds of Needles, some rising as much as 500 feet in cathedral tower like grandeur, the great varied vistas, and the quiet beauty of Sylvan Lake surrounded by monstrous rock walls and pine clad heights, all bring to one the realization of the real wonder and beauty of nature. Ex
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SAND CREEK
SAND CREEK
This is a typical Black Hills stream in Wyoming close to Deadwood and Spearfish. The fact that Wyoming laws allow trout fishing at all seasons of the year makes this stream the rendezvous of the fisher both summer and winter....
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WIND CAVE
WIND CAVE
One of the great sights of this region, in many respects excelling the famous Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, is Wind Cave. Over 200 miles of passageway and many thousands of rooms have been explored, some of these over 600 feet below the entrance. Yet, apparently neither the bottom nor the sides of this cave have been reached. The great abundance of “frost work” and “box work” in many forms make this cave unusually attractive and interesting. Guides will take parties into the Cave each day at 9:00 A.
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HEALTH RESORTS
HEALTH RESORTS
As a health resort the Southern Hills have gained a National reputation. A sanitarium for treatment of tuberculosis patients has been established by the State near Custer, 29 miles north of Hot Springs. At the latter city is the State Home for Old Soldiers, and the Government Hospital for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and Sailors. Also numerous private sanitariums, for the treatment of various maladies, which are filled throughout the year....
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HOT SPRINGS
HOT SPRINGS
The city gets its name from the hundred springs near there which give out large quantities of water at a temperature of 98 degrees F. or warmer. The water from these and from certain cold springs have been found to contain unusual mineral elements very valuable in the treatment of rheumatism of all kinds, nervous complaints, indigestion and intestinal disorders, pulmonary affections, diseases of the urinary organs, gout and skin diseases. Particularly noticeable have been the curing of parties a
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EDGEMONT
EDGEMONT
Edgemont is a busy railway division point on the C. B. & Q. Ry. It is located on the Cheyenne River southwest of the Black Hills. To those who have seen the prairies of eastern South Dakota, the Bad Land and Black Hills formations, a new type of topography is presented extending to the south and west of Edgemont....
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THE BAD LANDS
THE BAD LANDS
East of the Black Hills, and within easy reach, is scenery, somewhat mountainous in nature, yet very different from anything in the Black Hills or in other mountainous regions. To anyone who has not travelled the “Scenic Highway through South Dakota,” a two days trip eastward from Rapid City over this road is well worth while. The tourist enters the Bad Lands near the town of Scenic, 45 miles east of Rapid City. From this point the next 50 miles is in the midst of some of the strangest and most
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RAPID CITY
RAPID CITY
Rapid City, the gateway to the Hills, lies on Rapid Creek for which it is named, midway between its source in the Western Black Hills and its mouth, where it empties into the Cheyenne river. Its location is ideal from the standpoint of natural environment embracing, as it does, the rugged backbone of the hills and a foreground of rolling prairie. In early days pioneers were quick to see the natural advantages of the location for a town and their selection proved the later choice of railroad engi
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HILL CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA
HILL CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA
Hill City is situated on the Burlington Railroad, and is right in the midst of the mining district of the Southern Black Hills, it is surrounded by fine mountain ranches, that have suffered only one crop failure in 25 years. These ranches produce 60 to 70 bushels of oats per acre that weigh from 40 to 48 lbs. to the bushel, wild and timothy hay grow abundantly, as well as potatoes, all without irrigation. Hill City being the half way point on the Scenic Highway north and south through the Hills
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CITY OF BELLE FOURCHE
CITY OF BELLE FOURCHE
The City of Belle Fourche, the County Seat of Butte County, is located in the Belle Fourche Valley upon the Belle Fourche and Redwater rivers. The city was established in the days of Count de Mores and Theodore Roosevelt upon the western prairies and was one of the stations on the De Mores trail between the Black Hills and New England and De Mores, N. D. It bears the distinction of being the greatest primary cattle market in the world. Its trade is drawn from the ranges of Montana and Wyoming as
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DENVER TO DEADWOOD AUTO ROUTE
DENVER TO DEADWOOD AUTO ROUTE
The increased demand of tourists for a good auto route between these scenic centers has resulted in an organized effort to build and maintain such a road by way of HOT SPRINGS, EDGEMONT and CHEYENNE Tourists contemplating such a trip should inquire as to this road....
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EDGEMONT, THE TOWN OF THE DEEPEST WELLS IN THE UNITED STATES
EDGEMONT, THE TOWN OF THE DEEPEST WELLS IN THE UNITED STATES
Edgemont, is situated on the Burlington Railroad, a divisional point, and the terminal of the Black Hills branch of the celebrated C. B. & Q. system. It is the deep well town of the United States, having one well flowing 400,000 gallons of hot water every day, with a pressure of 90 pounds at a depth of 2988 feet and another well in course of construction now 2835 feet deep. To the north of the town lie the celebrated Black Hills, the Forest Reserve, and a few miles away is the great Wind
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