Black Hills, SD  - 1916 Business Directory


      This information extracted from the "Northwestern Gazetteer and
      Business Directory", vol. XX (1916-1917), published by R. L.
      Polk & Co.

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	BLACK HILLS. The locality known as the Black Hills is about as 
large as the State of Connecticut. It is located in the extreme 
southwestern portion of South Dakota, including between the meridian 25 
deg. 30 min. and 28 deg. longitude west of Washington and between 45 
deg. 20 min. and 44 deg. 45 min. north latitude so that two-thirds of 
the Black Hills are located in Wyoming.

	The railroads are the Chicago & Northwestern, the Burlington & 
Missouri River, C M & St P Ry & Rapid City, Black Hills & Western.

	The principal towns of the Hills are Deadwood, Rapid City, 
Sturgis, Central City, Lead, Terry, Hot Springs, Custer City, Spearfish, 
Belle Fourche, Whitewood, Buffalo Gap, Hill City, Hermosa, Edgemont and 
Keystone, which see for list of names.