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Author | : Robert Lee |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1991-05-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780803279612 |
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Fort Meade was the home of the famous Seventh Cavalry after its ignominious defeat in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Troops from Fort Meade played a pivotal role in the events that led to the tragedy at Wounded Knee in 1890. It was the scene of imprisonment of Ute Indians who made the mistake of interpreting their new citizenship status as freedom from government control. The fort survived the mechanization of the horse cavalry, aided the record-breaking Stratosphere Balloon flight of 1935, and became a training site for the nation’s first airborne troops. Fort Meade existed for sixty-six years, from 1878 to 1944. Robert Lee examines the strategic importance of its location on the northern edge of the Black Hills and the role it played in the settlement of the region, as well as the role played by the citizens of Sturgis in keeping it alive. One of the chief delights of Fort Meade and the Black Hills is a gallery of characters including the unfortunate Major Marcus Reno, the beautiful and fatal Ella Sturgis, and the cigar-smoking Poker Alice Tubbs. They, and events scaled to their larger-than-life size, are part of this long overdue story of Fort Meade.
Author | : Roberta Sago and Lee Stroschine |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1467128015 |
Download Fort Meade: Peacekeeper of the Black Hills Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The gold rush of 1876 brought many miners to the Black Hills. After the defeat of Lt. Col. George Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn in June 1876, miners, concerned about attacks from the Lakota, requested protection from the US Army. However, it was not until 1878 that a military fort, Fort Meade, was established in the area for the protection of the settlers in the Black Hills. Fort Meade is located near Bear Butte and present-day Sturgis, South Dakota. From the home of the 7th Cavalry to hosting Civilian Conservation Corps camp during the Depression to housing German prisoners of war during World War II, Fort Meade kept the peace on the Northern Great Plains for 66 years. Fort Meade then transitioned into a Veterans Administration hospital and a regional training institute for the South Dakota National Guard.
Author | : Bob Lee |
Publisher | : Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download Fort Meade & the Black Hills Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Fort Meade was the home of the famous Seventh Cavalry after its ignominious defeat in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Troops from Fort Meade played a pivotal role in the events that led to the tragedy at Wounded Knee in 1890. It was the scene of imprisonment of Ute Indians who made the mistake of interpreting their new citizenship status as freedom from government control. The fort survived the mechanization of the horse cavalry, aided the record-breaking Stratosphere Balloon flight of 1935, and became a training site for the nation's first airborne troops. Fort Meade existed for sixty-six years, from 1878 to 1944. Robert Lee examines the strategic importance of its location on the northern edge of the Black Hills and the role it played in the settlement of the region, as well as the role played by the citizens of Sturgis in keeping it alive. One of the chief delights of Fort Meade and the Black Hills is a gallery of characters including the unfortunate Major Marcus Reno, the beautiful and fatal Ella Sturgis, and the cigar-smoking Poker Alice Tubbs. They, and events scaled to their larger-than-life size, are part of this long overdue story of Fort Meade.
Author | : Randolph P. Krause |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1949 |
Genre | : Fort Meade (S.D.) |
ISBN | : |
Download A History of Fort Meade, South Dakota, to 1948 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Fort Meade (S.D.) |
ISBN | : |
Download Sturgis and Fort Meade, 1874-1910 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Jan Cerney |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2015-05-11 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 1439651299 |
Download Black Hills Gold Rush Towns Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Rising out of the prairie, the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming had long been rumored to have promising quantities of gold. Sacred to the Lakota, the Black Hills was part of the land reserved for them in the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868. However, the tide of prospectors seeking their fortune in the Black Hills was difficult to stem. Members of the 1874 Custer expedition, lead by Gen. George Armstrong Custer, found gold. In 1875, scientists Henry Newton and Walter Jenney conducted an expedition and confirmed the rumors. By 1876, the trickle of prospectors and settlers coming to the Black Hills was a flood. The US government realized that keeping the interlopers out was impossible, and in 1877 the Black Hills was officially opened to settlement. In this sequel to their Black Hills Gold Rush Towns book, the authors expand their coverage of Black Hills towns during the gold-rush era.
Author | : Jesse Brown |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) |
ISBN | : |
Download The Black Hills Trails Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Laura Bower Van Nuys |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : |
Download The Family Band Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Cleophas Cisney O'Harra |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1913 |
Genre | : Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) |
ISBN | : |
Download O'Harra's Handbook of the Black Hills Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Hiram Rogers |
Publisher | : Big Earth Publishing |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781555662400 |
Download Exploring the Black Hills and Badlands Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The original edition of Exploring the Black Hills and Badlands provided the only detailed coverage of the 115-mile Centennial Trail, and now the revised version includes all of the results of the major relocation project in the Northern Black Hills. Also featured is the just-completed 110-mile George S. Mickelson rails-to-trails conversion, and a section focusing on family hikes and other information useful to family groups.