2024-2025
SPEARFISH AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
7:00 PM MST
1306 Tenth St, Spearfish Senior Citizen Center
THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME
SEPT.3 "Rose Hill Cemetery Walk Revisited" The Cast
NOV. 12 "Elmore in Spearfish Canyon" Randy Hedge
DEC. 3 "The Path Les Traveled II" Les Heiserman
JAN. 7 "Ft Meade, the Transition Years" Randy Bender
FEB. 4 "Dr Walter Higbee, Advancing Disabilities
Rights at BHTC " Paul Higbee
March 4 "Spearfish Electric Light and Power"
Larry Miller and Don Mathieson
April 1, Touring the Black Hills: The Changing Business of Tourism"
David Wolff
May 6 "BH Forgotten Towns and Mines" Levi Kessler
NOV. 12 "Elmore in Spearfish Canyon" Randy Hedge
DEC. 3 "The Path Les Traveled II" Les Heiserman
JAN. 7 "Ft Meade, the Transition Years" Randy Bender
FEB. 4 "Dr Walter Higbee, Advancing Disabilities
Rights at BHTC " Paul Higbee
March 4 "Spearfish Electric Light and Power"
Larry Miller and Don Mathieson
April 1, Touring the Black Hills: The Changing Business of Tourism"
David Wolff
May 6 "BH Forgotten Towns and Mines" Levi Kessler
2023-2024
SPEARFISH AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
7:00pm MST
1306 Tenth St, Spearfish Senior Citizens Center
The Public is Welcome
October 3 "Spearfish Libraries Historical Resources"
Amber Wilde & Lori Terrill
November 7 "The Fayette-Cook House" - Michele Thomson
December 5 "The Path Les Travelled" - Les Heiserman
January 2 "Brief History of Black Hills Funeral Homes"
Damon Isberg
February 6 "Frank Thomson, 93 Years of Adventures"
Paul Higbee
March 5 "The History of Case No 1 the First National Forest
Timber sale in the United States"
Tom Troxel
April 2 "Phoebe &the Griers of Homestake"
Linda Wiley, Dave Scherer, Jacque Fuller, Laurie Hayes
May 7 "Drive In Cafes part 2" -Leo Orme
Spearfish Area Historical Society 2018-19
Spearfish Area Historical Society 2017-18
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED!
2016-17 Programs
Spearfish Area Historical Society
7:30pm----1306 Tenth Street
SPEARFISH AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
2015-16 PROGRAMS
Spearfish Area Historical Society
PROGRAMS for 2014-15
September 2- “The Great
Western Cattle Trail” Peggy Ables, Exec. Dir. of High Plains Western
Heritage Center- Meeting Held at the HPWH Center
SPEARFISH AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
NOVEMBER 5 ~ SPANISH AMERICAN WAR MEMORIALS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY
Mike Runge, Deadwood City Archivist
QUESTIONS? CONTACT LAURIE WILLIAMS-HAYES - 641-8563
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2011-12 PROGRAMS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 ~ DON SMITH - DOLITTLE RAIDER
2010-11 PROGRAMS
SPEARFISH AREA
HISTORICAL SOCIETY 2019-20
1306 Tenth Street at Spearfish Senior Citizens Center
The public is invited!
September 3 -
Chris Hills, “Forgotten Prospectors of Tinton”
October 1 -
Bonnie Blue-Carr, “The Blue Family of Spearfish: Their Drugstore and Floral Shop”
November 5 -
Wayne Paananen, “History of Spearfish on Film, 1913 till Now”
December 3 -
Paul Thomson, “The Thomson Dairy”
January 7 –
“Joyce Jefferson, “Who is Aunt Lou? She will tell you”
February 4 -
Randy Bender, “CCC to POW”
March 3 -
Paul Higbee, “The 100 Year History of the BH Roundup & Rodeo”
April 7 -
Robert Kolbe, “The Blizzard & Spring Thaw of 1880-81”
May 5 - Lloyd
Willey, “Car Clubs of the 1950s and 60s & the DA”
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED!
www.spearfishhistory.org
Spearfish Area Historical Society 2018-19
Unless otherwise noted all programs begin at 7:30 PM
Spearfish Senior Center
1306 Tenth Street
The public is invited as guests anytime!
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The public is invited as guests anytime!
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· Sep 4 "Industrializing the Black Hills -- Mines, Railroads, and People" Dr. David Wolff
· Oct 2 cancelled "A Visual History of Spearfish/Dakota Territory - 1875 to 1910 Postcards and Stereo Views" Tom Louks
· Nov 13 "Lewis and Clark through South Dakota" Larry Reuppel
· Dec 4 "Ft. Meade Dakota Territory" Randy Bender
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· Jan 2 "An Evening with a Wyoming Cowboy" Wilbur Newland
· Feb 5 "Halfway Houses and Related Events" Leo Orme
· Mar 5 "A Visual History of Spearfish/Dakota Territory - 1875 to 1910 Postcards and Stereo Views" Tom Louks"
· Apr 2 "The Black Hills Beetle - Past, Present, and Future" Bill Coburn
· May 7 "The Life of Monsignor Wenzil Sobolewski" Paul Higbee
Spearfish Area Historical Society 2017-18
Unless otherwise noted all programs
begin at 7:30 PM
Spearfish Senior Center
1306 Tenth Street
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September 10----2pm – Tour of Ranch A, Sand Creek,
WY - Jolene Hart, Nels Smith, Leo Orme
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October 3----The History of Surveying in the
Black Hills - Don Simons
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November 7 ----Cheyenne Crossing’s Movable Past
- Dave Brueckner with Famous Carrot Cake
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December 5----Governor Tom Berry, the Cowboy
Governor, 1933-1937 - Paul Higbee
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January 2----100 Years of the Spearfish Livestock
Association - Charles W. Nicolas & Boyd Larson
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February 6----140 Years of the Spearfish
Irrigation System - Billy Evans & Paul Higbee
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March 6----German-Russians of the Black
Hills Area - Bart Trucano
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April 3----When BHSU Became a WWII Training
Ground - Terry King, son of 93rd Army Detachment Commander
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May 1----The History and Process of
Bentonite Mining in the Black Hills - Bob Oliver
2016-17 Programs
Spearfish Area Historical Society
7:30pm----1306 Tenth Street
- Sept 6 – Rim Rock Lodge, Its History
and Future – Geoff Ziebart
- Oct 2 –(1-3pm Visit to
Jump) and October 4 - The Vore Buffalo Jump – Ted Vore
- Oct 30 – 2:00pm- The “New”
Interpretive Center at the Homestake Opera House (meeting Main St, Lead) -- Sarah Carlson
- Dec 6 – Black Hills, Yesterday and
Today – Paul Horsted
- Jan 3 – Beginnings of Black Hills
Skiing – Paul Higbee
- Feb 7 – The History of Home Economics
– Ida Marie Snorteland
- March 7 – Ranch A and Sand Creek
Histories – Nels Smith
- April 4 – Blizzards from 1881 till
Today - Bob Kolbe
- May 2 – Black Hills Forestry History
- Bill Coburn
SPEARFISH AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
2015-16 PROGRAMS
September 1 - Seth
Bullock: The Spirit of the West, Gordy Pratt
October 6 - Murder Mayhem, Rocky Courchaine,
Director of Crook County Museum
November 3 - James K.P. Miller - the Savior of Deadwood,
Dr. David Wolff
December 1 - McNenny Fish Hatchery - Past, Present &
Future, Mike Barnes, Hatchery Manager
January 5 - Furois Family of St. Onge - Ed Furois,
Maureen Glanzer & Bernadine Hansen
February 2 - Whitewood History & Homesteading Laws,
Mary Livingston
March 1 - Trucanos & Trojan, Bart Trucano
April 5 - Two Spearfish Canyon Hydro Plants, Paul
Higbee
May 3 - Development of the Amphitheatre, Paul
Higbee Note: this will be at the BH Lookout Ampitheater at 6:30pm
Unless otherwise noted, all programs begin at 7:30pm at the Spearfish Senior Center,
1306 Tenth St. The Public is invited!
1306 Tenth St. The Public is invited!
Spearfish Area Historical Society
PROGRAMS for 2014-15
October 7- “Home Extension
Clubs of Lawrence County” Ida Marie
Snorteland and Friends
November 11- “50 Years Ago: Luci Johnson’s Visit to
Spearfish” Paul Higbee
December 2- “Historic Regional Photos of the Black
Hills” Larry Miller
January 6- “Gold Mining in the
Tinton Region” Chris Hills
February 3- “3 Wild Tales of
Black Hills Pioneers” Donna Sachau
March 3- “The History of Lead,
Including the Subsidence of Lead”
Wayne Paananen, Historic Footprints
April 7- “The History of Wharf
Mine” Meg Manke, HR Generalist
May 5- “The History of St.
Onge” Jeannine Guern & Joanna
Jones
SPEARFISH AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
2013-14 PROGRAMS
NOTE: The May 6th meeting will start at the Centennial Schoolhouse from 5:30 to 6:30 and end at the Spearfish Senior Citizen's Center with a talk by Hank Frawley at 7:30pm. The Spearfish Senior Center will be open at 6:30pm for refreshments.
SEPTEMBER 3 ~ SPEARFISH YESTERYEAR (A preview of Historic Spearfish Photographs)
Larry Miller
OCTOBER 1 ~ OLD TOOLS FROM THE PAST
Leo Orme - Jack Wells - Greg Renner
Larry Miller
OCTOBER 1 ~ OLD TOOLS FROM THE PAST
Leo Orme - Jack Wells - Greg Renner
NOVEMBER 5 ~ SPANISH AMERICAN WAR MEMORIALS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY
Mike Runge, Deadwood City Archivist
DECEMBER 3 ~ AN INSIDE LOOK AT MATTHEWS OPERA HOUSE
Tom Matthews and MOH staff - This meeting will be held at the Matthews Opera House
Tom Matthews and MOH staff - This meeting will be held at the Matthews Opera House
JANUARY 7 ~ HOLD-UP OF THE SPEARFISH-MILES CITY STAGE Paul Higbee
FEBRUARY 4 ~ MORMON CRICKET INVASION OF THE '30s
Doris Schenk - Betty Haiar & Others
MARCH 4 ~ RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHY IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Rick Mills, State Railroad Museum Director
APRIL 1 ~ QUARNBERG & WENDELKIN FAMILIES IN DAKOTA TERRITORY
The Jack Wells family
MAY 6 ~ TOUR AND HISTORY OF CENTENNIAL SCHOOLHOUSE 5:30pm to 6:30pm, Talk at 7:30pm
Hank Frawley - (Note: Meet at the school south of Spearfish along U.S. 85 en route to Deadwood; then reconvene later at the Senior Citizen's Center for Hank Frawley's talk)
QUESTIONS? CONTACT LAURIE WILLIAMS-HAYES - 641-8563Hank Frawley - (Note: Meet at the school south of Spearfish along U.S. 85 en route to Deadwood; then reconvene later at the Senior Citizen's Center for Hank Frawley's talk)
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SPEARFISH AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
2012-13 PROGRAMS
NOTE: While the September and October 2012 meetings of the society were held at the High Plains Western Heritage Center, all remaining 2012 meetings will be at the Senior Citizen's Center at 1306 N. 10th Street in Spearfish on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m., followed by refreshments and fellowship!
SEPTEMBER 4 ~ FIREARMS IN THE EARLY BLACK HILLS
Ivan Hovland
Ivan Hovland
OCTOBER 2 ~ EARLY BROADCASTING IN THE BLACK HILLS
Larry Miller, Jim Thompson, Verne Sheppard
Larry Miller, Jim Thompson, Verne Sheppard
NOVEMBER 13 ~ THE STRATOSPHERE LAUNCH FROM THE STRATOBOWL
Linfred Schuttler (Please note the new date for the November meeting; to accommodate the General Election on November 6th, the meeting has been moved to the second Tuesday, November 13th!)
DECEMBER 4 ~ THUNDER OVER DAKOTA - A History of Ellsworth Air Force Base
George Larson (Thanks to Lt. Col. Larson for accommodating our schedule and replacing "Railroads in the Black Hills" by Rick Mills. We look forward to Rick's presentation at a later date.)
George Larson (Thanks to Lt. Col. Larson for accommodating our schedule and replacing "Railroads in the Black Hills" by Rick Mills. We look forward to Rick's presentation at a later date.)
JANUARY 8 ~ THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF JOSEPH & GEORGE FASSBENDER
Betty Johnson, Paul Higbee
FEBRUARY 5 ~ HISTORIC FLOODS OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS
Daniel Driscoll
MARCH 5 ~ MASONIC HISTORY IN THE FOUNDATION OF THE UNITED STATES
Jim Savaloja
APRIL 2 ~ THE DAKOTA SISTERS -- A REENACTMENT
Lillian Witt, Geraldine Goes in Center, Joyce Jefferson
MAY 7 ~ THE MICKELSON TRAIL....FROM THE BEGINNING
Guy Edwards, Paul Higbee
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2011-12 PROGRAMS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 ~ DON SMITH - DOLITTLE RAIDER
Paul Higbee
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4 ~ TRANSPORTATION: IRON HORSES AND STAGECOACHES
Linfred Schuttler
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 ~ WHAT'S UP WITH THE SANFORD MINE?
Jose Alonso
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6 ~ HISTORY OF THE SPEARFISH IRRIGATION SYSTEM
Billy Evans and Paul Higbee
TUESDAY, JANUARY 3 ~ THE OLD 1876 SPEARFISH STOCKADE
Vernon Davis
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 ~ THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DR. LYLE HARE
Darleen Young and Mary Selbe
TUESDAY, MARCH 6 ~ LAYMAN'S PERCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS OF
Everett Follette THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS
TUESDAY, APRIL 3 ~ DYING IN DEADWOOD: "Violent Deaths in the Early Black Hills"
David Wolff
TUESDAY, MAY 1 ~ THE JAMES ANDERSON DAIRY RANCH
Hank Frawley
QUESTIONS? CONTACT LAURIE WILLIAMS-HAYES - 641-8563
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 ~ BARN & SADDLE TOUR
Joe Jorgensen - Session at the Jorgensen Barn, 1905 Stagebarn Circle. Bring your own chair!
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5 ~ RAILROADS OF THE BLACK HILLS
Rick Mills, Executive Director of the South Dakota State Railroad Museum
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 ~ OLD NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS: THE REST OF THE STORY
Linfred Schuttler
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7 ~ THE GOLD RUSH: FROM PROSPECTORS TO RAILROADS
David Wolff
TUESDAY, JANUARY 4 ~ WOMEN'S CLUBS IN EARLY SPEARFISH AND SOUTH DAKOTA
Laura Colmenero-Chilberg
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 ~ WAGON TRAIN TALES FROM FT. PIERRE TO DEADWOOD
Jerry Miles
TUESDAY, MARCH 1 ~ DC BOOTH FISH HATCHERY & ARCHIVES - HISTORY & UPDATE
Randi Smith
TUESDAY, APRIL 5 ~ THE LEGACY OF GRACE BALLOCH: 65 Years of the Spearfish Library
Linfred Schuttler
TUESDAY, MAY 3 ~ THE FRAWLEY RANCH - HISTORY IN THE MAKING
Hank Frawley
Note: Snacks and refreshments will be served. Bring your own chair!
QUESTIONS? CONTACT LAURIE WILLIAMS-HAYES - 641-8563
