Custer’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Custer. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Custer is the oldest town established by European Americans in the Black Hills. Gold was discovered east of Custer during the Black Hills Expedition, conducted by the 7th Cavalry led by Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer, a discovery which initiated the Black Hills Gold Rush.
For thousands of years, the Black Hills had been part of the territory of varying tribes of indigenous peoples. They were within historical territory of the Oglala Sioux at the time of United States encounter, and within the Great Sioux Reservation established by the US Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868). Having established dominance in the area by the eighteenth century, the Oglala Sioux had long considered the Black Hills as sacred land.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Custer’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Custer’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCusterCity1876front, 1876: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Custer, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Custer is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Custer has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Lemmon Petrified Park in Lemmon, 19.7 miles away.
Custer 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 CusterCity1876front (1876) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.