For nine months, Seth Bullock attempted to keep the peace in the newly formed Lawrence County, after having been appointed as the sheriff. It was a position he took quite seriously. Deadwood was his new home, and he was going to help civilize it. He would do such without everRead More →
What’s the quickest way to obtain a large number of wolf pelts? Stealing them, or at least that was the tactic used by South Dakota’s champion wolfer, William B. Werd. The fraud Werd committed would stretch across two states, multiple counties, and even got the Meade County Bank involved. Werd’sRead More →
Sturgis was the obvious site for a new county seat when Meade County was created. It was the largest city in the area, they were the ones who fought hardest for the new county, and for years before the county was official, they had operated as if they truly wereRead More →