USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The tale of first gold discovery in the Black Hills was thrown into question in 1887 by the discovery of what has become known as the Thoen Stone.

Detailed explanation-2: -Since Colonel George Custer’s expedition of 1874 confirmed the presence of gold in French Creek, (near present-day Custer, SD) word spread quickly and triggered the Black Hills Gold Rush.

Detailed explanation-3: -Silver, mica, feldspar, and tin were mined in the hills, but gold reigned. More than 50 million ounces of gold came from the Black Hills.

Detailed explanation-4: -Custer discovered gold in the Black Hills in 1874, thousands of white gold hunters and miners swarmed into the area the following year. Native American resistance to that influx led to the Black Hills War (1876), the high point of which was the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Detailed explanation-5: -The name “Black Hills” comes from the Lakota words Paha Sapa, which mean “hills that are black.” Seen from a distance, these pine-covered hills, rising several thousand feet above the surrounding prairie, appear black.