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Custer City Reels From Boom to Quiet Settlement
The town rose briefly in April 1876 with sawmills hotels and many stores, then dwindled as gold discoveries drew away residents. By June it was deserted except for a few old and new settlers, now rebuilding with a brewery, several saloons, a weekly paper, and growing mining hopes centered on quartz and rich French Creek ore.
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Sidney Yeloraph
Custer Cry
Custer City
Deadwood
Custer
French Creek
Deadwood Gulch
Gileh
Bartholomew
Black
Horton
George Lampher
8 F White
Spring Creek
Iron Creek
Battle
Black Hilla