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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BXW_sandstone-architecture-of-hot-springs-sd_Hot-Springs-SD.html
(side 1) The site of Hot Springs was occupied before white men ever came to the area by tribal peoples for the "curative" benefits of the mineral springs. The constant 97-98 degree waters became the basis for the thriving resort town. N…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BWJ_battle-mountain_Hot-Springs-SD.html
According to tradition, American Indians were stricken with an epidemic known as "fell disease" about the middle of the 16th century that threatened to obliterate the tribes. A messenger arrived from the Great West with news of a wonderf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BVO_an-old-jail-1888_Hot-Springs-SD.html
Nobody suspected that this old jail existed until it was found within the walls of a frame house on 332 South Chicago Street, Hot Springs. The old residence was being taken down for salvage. Although it's earliest history is obscure, it was inten…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24XA_camp-collier_Hot-Springs-SD.html
Camp at the Mouth of the Red Canyon, sometimes called Camp Collier, was established at this site in mid-June 1876 tp protect travelers over the 150-mile Cheyenne - Black Hills stage road. It came into being after the Sioux, resentful of the white …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24WZ_fire-on-the-edge_Hot-Springs-SD.html
You are Standing in the Middle of a Community Meeting! This area is the meeting place of three distinct plant communities ~ The ponderosa pine woodland, the mixed grass prairie, and the Cascade warm springs ecosystem.. Their boundaries consta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OGZ_the-mammoth-site-of-hot-springs-sd_Hot-Springs-SD.html
Gigantic mammoths, ancestors of the majestic elephants of today, once roamed freely on the High Plains of North America. A repository of their remains, along with other kinds of animals, lay undisturbed until their discovery over 26,000 years late…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OG6_leslie-jensen-scenic-drive_Hot-Springs-SD.html
This highway along Fall River is dedicated to Leslie Jensen, 15th Governor of South Dakota 1937-1939, a native of Hot Springs, and a son of Chris Jensen, Black Hills Pioneer and Lille May Haxby Jensen. Educated in Hot Springs, Culver Military Acad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OG5_hot-springs-sd_Hot-Springs-SD.html
Tribal tradition states that as long ago as the 16th century the Fall River Valley and canyon area were seldom without groups of tipis belonging to North American Plains Tribes. They knew the curative value of the warm springs located there and us…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OG4_fall-river-falls_Hot-Springs-SD.html
The eight mile long Fall River, winding through Fall River Canyon after the joining of Cold and Hot Brook streams above the city of Hot Springs, tumbles below over an outcropping of sandstone falling about 50 feet to form Fall River Falls, as view…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CJ0_life-in-a-prairie-dog-town_Hot-Springs-SD.html
Whether they know it or not, black-tailed prairie dogs are wildlife managers. These ground squirrels are intricately connected to numerous plant and animal species and play a key role in the health and stability of the prairie. The eating habit…
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