Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-12-22
OUT FROM THE BLACK HILLS
The Feast for the Last, and Gus
ter the Growing Glory
Of the Bunch.
It's Mines of Mica. Gold, Silver. Cop
per, Tin and Nickel the Great
est in the World.

the Hills and furnishing bis paper Will
'etiers from the other important camp.
ends his tri ip by a visit to Custer which
he describes ~ foil ows in the Times O
the Sth:
Custer city, D. r., Nov. 20-In leav
ing the Hills it would seem that "tht
feast is held for The last" and ] find n,
Custer the most charming location Of all
1t Is, at once, exquisite rs grand, com.
mands the most profound admiration
ana proves source Of universal attrac-
lion. lis data are repetc in historical
| instance Of the early settlement of the
country, with every surrounding filled
| in All interest, and al! objects associated
| with some tragic event. Here Custer
| built his lannon's stockade, here Prof
Jenny first camped with his exploring
party, here the first stand was made in
explorations Of the country, ard from
his point emanatcd all transaction in
all that has transpired in subsequent de-
velopment of the Black Hills region
In its rise and fall the Roman empire
| never passed more thrilling scenes of
interests, held more fruitful fields Of
profit, or had left half the grandeur or
the glory found in every outlook and all
| surroundings. 1t is the beauty Of all
greatness, hcmmed in giant walls of
granite skirtcd with evergreen forests,
through whose glades Intervening
streams Of bright spring waters find
their course, capped ia every beauty
and crowned IL al glory. fixed ut an al
iitude of some five thousand feet. and
known as Cnstcr's park. The area Of
the park proper embraces nearly two
thousand acres, and the location among
th" grandest and most beautiful known
TO the continent. HArncy's peak puts
MP It's granite castles in eternal hills ut a
distance o!tca ni.es, v hiie Calamity sits
in robes Of uiijes'y n; the door of the
ledge, wiki Buckhorn range in the
rlriniiv, Lookout mouatain beyond
Prospect hi! nearer in and comprising
+; scmi-circic Of The park, while all, save
inclO-e in Walls the most picturesque,
aud from which forests Of great pines
spring from the very rocks. The seen
cry afforded j. sublime as captivating,
fastens the eye, claims all attention, and
charms the beho,der. II is worth tour
Of the world 10 witness.
In approaches and for direct transac-
lion with the business portion Of the
Hills from a southern standpoint, Gus
Ter City is on The highway of travel in
any determination and squarely in the
way of everybody. When routes are
determined through the Hills in place
Of around them, the traveller will be
saved many weary miles in journeying,
and all will come to Custer. My atten-
tcn is called to the fact from nconveni
cnce experienced and the advantages
possessed in a better lay Of the land and
through far richer district. Or. for
that matter, bo'h districts would be
comprised without increase in distance
as at present established Custer is six
~ miles due south from Deadwood,
twenty-five north of Hot Springs, and
forty-five, nearly west, Of Rapid. To
come from Dcadwood one makes tour
of ninety miles on account Of the east
ing in arriving here, while it il known
that Custer is the centre of all mining
exploit in the southern hills, and ncces-
sarily thousands Of dollars lost i'm trans
portation and the handling Of express
matter for the want of more direct com
munication. The neglect is so palpable
as TO claim my attention. Eventually u
direct through line from Hot Springs to
Dcadwood must be established through
Custer to Rockford via the Minnesota,
the standby, the c. III. Underwood,
and other great properties in that fam
Gus mining district, and so on to Dead
wood, on account of the thirty miles and
more saved, as from its being q most i'm
portant region of the Hills, while even
rs it is now great gain would be secured
with 10 loss entailed in the deviation
required in touching at Custer While
the situation must eventually command
it, immediate attention would afford
great convenience and secure large pro-
fits.
Custer City is the shire town Of Custer
county, has five hundred inhabitants,
telegraph and telephone connection
with all towns, is we'll built, affords
churches, good schools, good public
buildings, some fine residences, and, for
is Size, is by all odds the liveliest camp
/ in the Hills. The mica mines, the cattle
interests, its indncement 10 travel, op.
portunry ~ investment, ani tho great
nstpra! superiority Of the lor,.!.ty in all