This history of Oelrichs, SD was printed in 1984, 725 pages of stories and pictures of homesteaders and their decendents. The Butte is located about 2 miles east of Oelrichs and was used as a lookout station. It tells of the railroad being built, Indians in the area and large cattle ranchers. There are many many family stories with pictures, that are indexed in the back for easy look up.
NEW-"THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS, In and around
the Black Hills". This book contains 128 pages and 200 pictures
from the Black Hills CCC camps. The camps and locations are listed. A
lot of history is recorded here. Check it out!!
"Wind Cave National Park—The First 100 Years,"
was written to commemorate the historic centennial of the park. The
book features more than 220 photos that Peggy gleaned from the park
archives as well as from several private collections. Captions
depicting the story of each image add to the historical value of the
book. Encapsulating 100 years within the pages gives a brief overview
of history, yet the photos will make that history more memorable.
FALL RIVER COUNTY AND HOT SPRINGS, Views from the past,
1881-1955
It contains 224 never before published photos that reflect the people
and activities in Fall River County and Hot Springs from 1881—when
Peggy’s great-grandparents homesteaded near Cascade, that’s her
great-grandmother on the cover—to 1955, including the Blizzard of ’49,
construction of Angostura Dam and the Angostura Irrigation Project.
HOT SPRINGS, 125
YEARS.................... new!!!!!
BY DONALD R. DAVIS MD This book consist of 18 generations of Wilder families, starting in England, the Coat of Arms, families and descendants of Nicholas Wilder and all his generations. It covers how the Wilder traveled to America and immigrated across the Western Hemisphere. Truman Haris (descendant of Nicholas) and Nancy (Myers) Wilder and their family of eleven children. Truman Grant (youngest son of Truman Haris) and Ella (Ferguson) Wilder and there families including Fred C. and Bethel (Wilder) Rasmussen of Fall River Co. and the history of their sixteen children.