CUSTER
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NAME: Custer COUNTY: Custer ROADS: 2WD GRID: 2 CLIMATE: Snow in winter, cool spring/ fall, warm summers. BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime but winter |
COMMENTS:
About 43 miles sw of Rapid City, in the Black Hills at jct US385 & US16.Many residents, (pop-1750) and verypicturesque. Park w/bridge over creek on east side of town. REMAINS: Several old original bldgs remain. |
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Est. in 1876, Lt Col George A Custer camped nearby during Black Hills expedition of 1874. Town is still a thriving community. Submitted by: Bob stelow The first town in the Black Hills was named Custer. No explanation as to why is needed. Custer is not a ghost town. It has a population of about 1500 and is still a lively mining, lumbering and tourist town. In the early days of 1909, the principal hotel was the American House. Rooms directly above the bar had a sheet of boiler iron to keep stray bullets from coming up through the floor. The bank in Custer was built of Hot Springs sandstone and bears a date of 1881. The town is at the junction of North-South US 385, and East-West US 16 and 16A. Submitted by: Henry Chenoweth.
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