What Is a Westerner?
I am a Westerner in more ways than one. I live in the West and am devoted to its history. But I also belong to an organization called Westerners International, a foundation to stimulate interest and research in frontier history, according to its website. This is a...
Recent Buckskin Bulletins – Download Here
March '26 Buckskin Bulletin Recent editions of the Bucksin Bulletin can be downloaded here. Click on the image to download or view the PDF files. Depending on your browser settings, the file may display in the browser window or ask you to select a location to save it...
September 2024 Edition of the Bucksin Bulletin
For those of you who may not have received the latest Buckskin Bulletin in your email, you may download or view it here. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader or a similar application to view the file. Buckskin Bulletin SEPT 2024
Do-It-Yourself Childbirth: Prep and Delivery in Rural West River South Dakota, ca. 1890-1928
Chantry Nelson June 2, 1:30pm Rapid City Public Library, Hoyt Room What was it like to go through pregnancy, prepare for childbirth, and deliver a baby in isolated farm and ranch homes without electricity, running water, pre-made disposable supplies, the Internet, and...
Annual Field Trip – Remington Cabins Tour
Speaker: Ann Thompson July 6, 10am - 3pm Rapid City Civic Center Parking Lot Ann Delicate Thompson will lead a tour of two historical cabins in Custer State Park.The Delicate cabin was built by the Ideal Mining Company in 1906 and was part of the Remington community....
Who was General William Harney?
Speaker: David Gwinn September 8, 1:30 PM Rapid City Library, Hoyt Room How did the highest mountain in the Black Hills come to be named for him? Why was his name removed 161 years later? What changed? When and Where can you go to learn more about these questions?...
Troy L. Parker, Westerner
Troy L. Parker, a visitor from Dartmouth College in the summer of 1909, was staying with the Trasks, a staid lumber family with a liberal supply of comely and virtuous young daughters. His first day in Deadwood young Parker went out to look over the town, and having...
Watson Parker, Westerners International Living Legend #51
The Black Hills are known for their scenic grandeur as well as the prodigious amounts of mineral wealth extracted from them, but Watson Parkeris often spoken of as the Black Hills’ Greatest Treasure. Now in his 8th decade, Dr. Parker and his family have been...
Black Hills Corral — Members of Note
Watson Parker –– “Dean of Black Hills History”; college professor; author of Gold in the Black Hills; Black Hills Ghost Towns (with Hugh Lambert), and Deadwood, the Golden Years. Dr. Parker is also a South Dakota Hall of Fame Awardee (2011). Read more about Watson,...