South Dakota With The Girls

Back in September, Trina, Jeannette and I left our husbands at home and headed out for a Girl's Day Out - in South Dakota. It was Trina's birthday and after Joe and I celebrated with her and her husband at a ranch in Montana, we had to do something different this year. So, Trina decided that we needed to go to South Dakota to see Bear Country. Trina's hubby was in working in a North Dakota oilfield and Jeannette and I left our hubbies home.

We left Casper about 7:00 a.m. and drove to Trina's home about 1 hour north. Driving along the road, we spied these birds. I don't remember what kind they were, but they were interesting.

I had no idea that the Texas Trail come up so far until we saw this historical marker...(click on the picture and read the interesting facts).

We passed through a small town just before heading into South Dakota called Newcastle and spied this sign and went to check it out.

The museum was named after Anna Cecelia McMoran Miller, the daughter of a pioneer family, and the widow of Sheriff Billy Miller, who was killed in what is known as the last Indian battle in the area. She was Newcastle’s first librarian, a pioneer schoolteacher and school superintendent

The Jenny Stockade Cabin shown below is the oldest existing building of the Black Hills gold rush. It was also a stage station along the Cheyenne Deadwood Trail.

An outhouse...

Typical school in 1890...

The old school bell...

Typical pioneer cabin...