Through the
Black Hills
and
Bad Lands
of South Dakota

By
P. D. Peterson

J. Fred Olander Company
Pierre, S. D.

Copyright, 1929
P. D. Peterson

To my mother who has been aninspiration and a guide for methroughout my early training, everhelping her family to see and acquirethe highest ideals possible; andto my wife who has assisted me inthe compilation and revision of thisbook, the following pages are affectionatelydedicated.

THE SPIRIT OF THE WEST
By Edwin H. Blashfield
This painting is in the Governor’s reception room in the S. D. Capitol building at Pierre.

FOREWORD

This book is not a history, although it contains somehistorical accounts where such are necessary to bring outthe importance of the scenery described. It makes no attemptat being a technical guide of any sort, although the treatmentof various animals, trees, flowers, and minerals is asnear accurate as a tourist could hope to obtain.

The main purpose of this book is to give a chronologicalor itinerary account of what may be seen in the Black Hills.It should acquaint the tourist with the things of interest tosee on his trip. It should save him the chagrin of passing apoint of interest without having known he did so. It should,further, give him a souvenir of the scenes and experiencesof the trip. But one of the central purposes of this treatiseis to give the school children and the grown-ups of South Dakotaa 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

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