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The Black Hills Route From Sidney to Custer City
The article describes the Black Hills road from Sidney through water breaks and canyon scenery to Greenwood, White Clay Creek, Red Cloud Agency, and onward to Custer City. It details ranches, stage stations, water and fuel supplies, and the six miles from Red Cloud to Little Cottonwood Creek, with notes on the bridge at Platte River Ridge and the developing mining town of Custer City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cloud Indian Agency
Sidney
Black Hills
Megsra Doll Well & Frye
Pine Hills
Greenwood
Tussler Bros
Thia Ranch
Court Noube Hock
Puupkis Creek
LPR
Snake Cheek
J W. Dear
Reu Cloud
Point of Rocks
Hank Clifford
Thia
United States
Frank D. Yates
Iiltle Cottonwood
Pond Creek
Horse Head Creek
Cheyenne River
Erana
Calleot
West Trail
Custer City
Secoid Point Vu
Gunsls
Custer
Harney's Peak
French Creek
Black Halls