by Watson Parker | Apr 28, 2024 | History
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...
by Ann Haber Stanton | Apr 28, 2024 | History
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...
by James Parker | Apr 28, 2024 | History
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,...
by Shebby Lee | Apr 27, 2024 | History
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...
