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1904 SIOUX CITY SD Business South Dakota Pelletier FIRE Disaster 1904 Newspaper
eBay Fixed Price Item # 393111567754
Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Dec. 24, 1904 * Pelletier fire - Sioux City, South Dakota * Business district conflagration disaster The top of the front page has a two column heading: "FIRE SWEEPS SIOUX CITY CAUSING $2,500,000 LOSS" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper. Complete with 6 pages, two small, lightly inked library stamps within the masthead, nice condition.
GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER Black Hills Gold Silver Expedition DAKOTA 1874 Newspaper
eBay Fixed Price Item # 373419590454
Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE NEW YORK HERALD, August 31, 1874 * General George Armstrong Custer * Black Hills gold - South Dakota expedition The top of page 10 has one column headings that include: "THE LAND OF GOLD" "Discovery of the Precious Metal in the Back Hills" and more. (see) Other news of the day. Complete with 12 pages, nice condition.
FORT SUMTER ATTACK Imminent & the Start of the Civil War Close 1861 Newspaper
eBay Fixed Price Item # 393052192652
Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: NEW YORK TRIBUNE, April 10, 1861 * Civil War beginning soon (2 days away) * Fort Sumter about to be attacked * History about to be made Although there is much interesting content concerning the events just before the outbreak of the Civil War & the bombing of Fort Sumter, the prime content is the rather large page 6 map headed: "The New Territories: Colorado, Nevada, and Dakota". The map shows the western two-thirds of the American continent including California, Oregon, Washington Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and more. There is much descriptive text beneath the map as well. Eight pages, light damp staining near the bottom, nice condition.
Very Rare GARY SD Deuel County South Dakota Pre State Territory 1884 Newspaper
eBay Fixed Price Item # 373284490119
Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE INTER STATE, Gary, Dakota, April 2, 1884 * Very rare publication * Deuel County, South Dakota A very rare territorial newspaper from that is present-day South Dakota, five years before statehood. They refer to themselves as the "Gate City of Dakota" as it is situated at the eastern border of the Territory, very close to Minnesota. At the 2010 census the population of Gary was 227. Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed so it folds out to one large sheet, some wear at the spine and a bit at the folds. Some minor margin tears.
GEORGE A. CUSTER Fort Abraham Lincoln North Dakota SIOUX Indians 1874 Newspaper
eBay Fixed Price Item # 392867665078
Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE NEW YORK HERALD, June 17, 1874 * Pre Black Hills expedition * General George A. Custer * Sioux Indians - Native Americans Page 7 has a brief report from Fort Abraham Lincoln in North Dakota with the small headings: "Sioux On The War Path" "Custer Preparing to Move Against Them-Friendly Indians Eager for Blood and Scalps" (see) Other news of the day. Complete with 12 pages, nice condition.
Very Rare DEADWOOD Lawrence County SOUTH DAKOTA Gold Mining Town 1878 Newspaper
eBay Fixed Price Item # 392865262994
Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: BLACK HILLS DAILY PIONEER, Deadwood City, Black Hills, Nov. 24, 1878 * Very rare & desired publication * Famous wild West town * "Wild Bill" Hickok fame This city would arguably be--along with Tombstone & Dodge City--one of the more famous of all the towns from the rough & tumble days of the Old West, and only rarely do such issues come to light. This issue is from the "heyday" of the Wild West. Some of the most celebrated names of the Old West passed through Deadwood, not the least of whom was "Wild Bill" Hickok, who was famously murdered in this town just two years previous. The ftpg. has column heads including: "Brutal Acts Practiced by a Lawless Officer" "More Serious Indian Troubles in Oregon" "The Whites Killi... See More
CHEYENNES INDIANS on the Warpath North Dakota George A. Custer 1874 NY Newspaper
eBay Fixed Price Item # 392853033910
Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE NEW YORK HERALD, June 6, 1874 * Cheyenne Indians - Native Americans * On the warpath in North Dakota * General George A. Custer in pursuit The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "The Reds On The Warpath" with subhead. (see) Other news of the day. Complete with all 12 pages, very nice condition.
DAKOTAS INDIANS Native Americans Outbreak? John B. Sanborn Letter 1870 Newspaper
eBay Fixed Price Item # 373037567256
Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE NEW YORK HERALD, April 18, 1870 * John B. Sanborn - Indian Peace Commissioner * Outbreak of Native Americans in the Dakotas ? Page 7 has an article headed: "The Indians" "The Reason for the Threatened Outbreak of the Dakotah Indians..." which is a letter that is signed in type: John B. Sanborn. Other news of the day. Complete with all 12 pages in nice condition.
SIOUX INDIANS Native Americans Treaty Signed at Fort Rice D.T. 1868 Newspaper
eBay Fixed Price Item # 373008704769
Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: NEW YORK HERALD, July 10, 1868 * Indians - Native Americans treaty signed * Fort Laramie - Fort Rice, Dakota Territory Page 7 has an article with small headings: "The Indians" "Treaty with the Sioux at Fort Rice..." (see) Other news of the day. Complete with 12 pages, nice condition.
BLACK HILLS GOLD RUSH Harney Peak South Dakota Territory Miners 1875 Newspaper
eBay Fixed Price Item # 373000119659
Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: NEW YORK HERALD, July 13, 1875 * Black Hills gold rush * Black Elk Peak (Harney) Page 4 has an article with headings: "THE BLACK HILLS" "An Unsuccessful Attempt to Ascend Harney's Peak" "Plenty of Gold 'Over Yonder,' but No Pay Streak Discovered "The Power OLf The Sioux" and more. Text text up almost 2 1/2 columns. Complete with 12 pages, nice condition.
SIOUX FALL South Dakota Powder House EXPLOSION Botched Robbery 1937 Newspaper
eBay Fixed Price Item # 392669082924
Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 1, 1937 * Sioux Falls, South Dakota * Powder house explosion * Robbery gone awry Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Girl, Shot by Gang, Sees It Execute Member By Dynamite Which Rocks Sioux Falls, S.D." (see) First report coverage of the Sioux Falls, South Dakota powder house blast. Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 46 pages, rag edition, a little spine residue from disbinding, very nice condition.
Early SIDNEY Nebraska & DEADWOOD SD Black Hills Descriptions 1878 Old Newspaper
eBay Fixed Price Item # 392630504935
Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, May 27, 1878 * Sidney, Nebraska & Deadwood, South Dakota The ftpg. has column heads: "HE NEW EL DORADO" "Sights & Incidents During a Trip to the Black Hills" "Sidney and Deadwood Described by an Observant Traveler". A very descriptive article on Deadwood and Sidney, the latter being in Nebraska. Sidney is described in part: "...It is called a town, but such a town. Every man who is not a 'bull whacker' or greaser, is an attorney or blackleg. Each house which is not of invalided reputation or an hotel, is a dance hall or gambling hell. The men all wear pistol and knife..." with much more (see). Eight pages, a small piece from a blank margin, nice condition.
MOUNT RUSHMORE National Memorial Black Hills South Dakota COMPLETED 1942 Photo
eBay Fixed Price Item # 392609850980
Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old rotogravure: ROTOGRAVURE SECTION only of the New York Times, Nov. 2, 1942 * Mount Rushmore National Memorial * Black Hills - Keystone, South Dakota * Construction ends on mountainside Page 5 of this section has a photo of Mount Rushmore with heading: "HEROIC HEADS" with text that begins with: "Complete at last, the gigantic heads of Washington, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Lincoln...." (see) The construction ended just 2 days prior of the date of this issue. Complete rotogravure section only with 6 pages, rag edition in nice condition. wikipedia notes: Peter Norbeck, the US Senator from South Dakota, sponsored the project and secured federal funding. Construction began in 1927, and the presidents' faces were completed ... See More
DEADWOOD SD South Dakota Wild Bill Hickok Fame Description 1878 Old Newspaper
eBay Fixed Price Item # 392578882696
Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, May 15, 1878 * Deadwood SD South Dakota * Wild Bill Hickok fame The top of page 2 has column heads: "DIRECT FROM DEADWOOD" "Reliable Information Regarding the Prospects and Probabilities of the New El Dorado". A nice article on the town of Deadwood and of the mining in the area. Eight pages, very nice condition.
Rare RAPID CITY SD Pennington South Dakota Territory BLACK HILLS 1883 Newspaper
eBay Fixed Price Item # 372848372020
Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE BLACK HILLS JOURNAL, Rapid City, Dakota Territory, June 22, 1883 * Very rare Old West title * Pennington County From six years before South Dakota would become a state. Much concerning mining, including: "Custer's Peak - And the Country Surrounding--Silver & Copper Ore Discoveries" 'Valentine and Rapid City" "A New Milling Process" & other items. Page 2 has an article beginning: "Crook went to Mexico in pursuit of the Apaches. He overtook & conquered them...". Four pages, some holes at folds, a 2 1/4 by 2 3/4 inch piece clipped from the front leaf, various archival mends at margins.
"WILD BILL" HICKOK Old West Folk Hero Gambler Lawman MURDER 1876 Old Newspaper
eBay Fixed Price Item # 372720254958
Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 13, 1876 * "Wild Bill" Hickok death * American old West folk hero Few events are more legendary from the Old West than the murder of Wild Bill Hickok while playing cards in a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory. And unfortunately, not many newspapers of the day reported the event. But here is one. A brief and inconspicuous report on page 7 is headed: "Murder In The Black Hills" with the report reading: "James B. Hickok, alias Wild Bill, known in Kansas and the Territories as a scout of some prominence in former years, was killed in a saloon at Deadwood on the 2nd inst. by one Bill Sutherland, who, in justification of the act, alleges that Hickok killed Sutherland's brother at Fort H... See More
BLACK HILLS Castle Creek South Dakota GOLD Discovery 1875 Memphis TN Newspaper
eBay Fixed Price Item # 392091877273
Shown is an original & historic old newspaper, offered to enhance your collectible interest: DAILY MEMPHIS AVALANCHE, Tennessee, June 24, 1875 * Castle Creek - South Dakota * Black Hills gold discovery The ftpg. has: "Gold at Black Hill" which has a dispatch beginning: "I have discovered gold in small quantities on the north bend of Castle Creek...About 15 miners have located a camp on the creek above here..." and more. Four pages, rejoined at the spine, nice condition. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.
EXPLORER II High-Altitude Balloon Record Flight to Stratosphere 1935 Newspaper
eBay Fixed Price Item # 392071965558
Shown is an original & historic old newspaper, offered to enhance your collectible interest: THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, November 12, 1935 * Explorer II high-altitude balloon record flight * Albert W. Stephens & Orvil A. Anderson * Stratosphere - Stratobowl in South Dakota * 1st humans to witness the curvature of Earth The top of the front page has a one column heading: "AERONAUTS REACH 14-MILE ALTITUDE IN STRATPSPHERE" with subheads. (see) Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 326 pages, light toning at the margins, generally nice.
BLACK HILLS South Dakota Exploration & Ealry Baseball 1875 St. Louis Newspaper
eBay Fixed Price Item # 372079809357
Shown is an original & historic old newspaper, offered to enhance your collectible interest: ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, June 30, 1875 * Black Hills - South Dakota * Early baseball The front page has over 2 1/2 columns taken up with: "THE BLACK HILLS" "The First White Men Who Ever Penetrated Their Center" "Magnificent Scenery of the Rugged & Untrod Peaks" "The Wonders of This Wild & Mysterious Region" "Evidence that the Hills Are Not Frequented by Indians" "The Existence of Gold No Longer a Mythical Story" plus a wealth of subheads. A terrific article on early explorations of the Black Hills. Inside has a wealth of baseball reporting with: "BALL AND BAT" The Washington's Again Taken Into Camp by the Brown Stockings" "Blong Secedes From the Reds to the Stars, or Covington" "Manag... See More
BARKER-KARPIS GANG Edward Bremer Kidnapping & Verne Sankey Suicide1934 Newspaper
eBay Fixed Price Item # 371756102395
Shown is an original & historic old newspaper, offered to enhance your collectible interest: THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 9, 1934 * Barker-Karpis Gang kidnapping * Arthur "Doc" & Fred Barker - Alvis Karpis * Verne Sankey prison cell suicide The top of the front page has a two column headline: "KIDNAPPERS FREE BREMER ON PAYMENT OF $200,000; WIDE MANHUNT PUSHED" with subheads. (see) First report coverage continues on page 3 with two related photos. Lengthy text. Of course it was not known at the time this was the work of the Barker-Karpis gang. Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Verne Sankey, Kidnapper, Hangs Himself With Neckties in His South Dakota Cell" (see) Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 42 pages, this is the rare ra... See More