White Clay’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of White Clay. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The border town of Whiteclay has always been tied to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to the north within the state boundaries of South Dakota. The majority of the Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST) live at Pine Ridge reservation. The Rosebud Sioux Tribe (Sicangu Oyate), also known as the Brulé Sioux, have an independent and federally recognized reservation to the northeast within the boundaries of South Dakota.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart White Clay’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how White Clay’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewWhiteclay Nebraska Taverm 1940, 1940: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10White Clay, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in White Clay is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean White Clay has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Wounded Knee in Wounded Knee, 13.8 miles away.
White Clay and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Whiteclay Nebraska Taverm 1940 (1940) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.