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, here: Westerners Living Legend. And visit Dr. Parker’s posthumous website, Watson Parker PhD.
Chuck Rambo – Past Sheriff, Director of Fort Meade Museum, Bear Butte State Park ranger, and history teacher. The author of a lovely book on Bear Butte, now out of print, but you may be able to find a used copy on Amazon.
Bobbi Sago – Librarian / Curator of the Leland Case Library, BHSU. Author of several Black Hills books, including co-author of Spearfish, Black Hills Gold Rush Towns, Black Hills National Forest: Harney Peak and the Historic Fire Lookout Towers, and Black Hills Gold Rush Towns II, Fort Meade Peacekeeper of the Black Hills Bobbi was also a West River History Conference Board Member, She was instrumental in digitizing and cataloging the extensive collection of Watson Parker’s Black Hills Notebooks, which are available online.
Ann Haber Stanton – she was a dedicated volunteer who led the effort to create Founder’s Park in Rapid City, while also serving as “Mamela” for the Synagogue of the Hills for many years. Author of Jewish Pioneers of the Black Hills Gold Rush, Deadwood’s Jewish Pioneers: A Gold Rush Odyssey