In 1874, the U.S. government sent General George Custer on the Black Hills Expedition to choose a location for a new Army fort and to investigate the area's natural resources. The expedition's ...

Aug. 22.--A telegram from Bismarck conveys a dispatch from the special correspondent of the Daily Press with Custer's Black Hills expedition: View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

George Custer and his entourage camped for four days during Custer’s storied Black Hills Expedition of 1874. This year marks the 150th anniversary of Custer’s journey through the Black Hills.

The recent blocking of a proposed uranium mine in the Black Hills is one of the many steps the Oglala Sioux Tribe says it’s ...

I think every kid wonders when they’re memorizing states and capitals for the first time, why there are two Carolinas, two ...

The 2024 season of the Black Hills Playhouse was the best of nearly 80 years in operation. Linda Anderson, executive director ...

Custer’s wife was then at Fort Riley. When Custer, leading an Indian-hunting expedition in the field, heard of the cholera outbreak, he promptly rode off from his cavalry regiment and hastened ...

Centennial Trail walkers, hikers and bikers now have a safe crossing tunnel under Highway 385 in the Black Hills National ...

The Black Hills Gold Rush: 1874 The tipping point came with an 1874 gold rush and the Custer Expedition. The Expedition went ...