Gold Rush: The Black Hills Story

by John D. McDermott

Beginning with the earliest prospectors, Gold Rush explores the impact of gold discovery in the Black Hills. While the United States Army struggled to deal with those trepassing on Indian lands, reporters dispatched colorful stories to eastern newspapers and entrepreneurs founded towns, freighted in goods, and developed related enterprises. Gold Rush also photographically retraces a portion of Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer's 1874 Black Hills...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0962262196
• ISBN13: 9780962262197
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: South Dakota State Historical Society
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 9.0"