Black Hills Hay Camp - Images And Perspectives Of Early Rapid City
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Quick Overview
Hay Camp has struggled, sputtered and flourished by turns since it was staked out, slightly askew, not far from the banks of Rapid Creek February 25, 1876, destined in the dreams of its founders to become the new Denver.
Description
Nearly 120 years later, as the Star of the West shines bright, Dave Strain and Charles Nauman pay tribute to the waves of intrepid nomads, adventurers, entrepreneurs and just plain folk who transformed a dusty crossroads into Rapid City, the Gate City of the Black Hills in the first six decades of her existence.
Strain invokes the use of the visual and written works of the Black Hills chroniclers in tracing the development of Rapid City through its formative years.
Nauman's narrative offers a unique perspective on Red-White relationships: the early often-bloody strife of inhabitants versus invaders in search of wealth, power or just a new way of life giving way to a spirit of cooperation strained to near breaking in the succeeding six decades.
A must read for the history enthusiast.