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Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA



 


Notizen:
Wikipedia 2016:

Spearfish is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 10,494 at the 2010 census.

History:

Before the Black Hills Gold Rush of 1876, the area was used by Native Americans (primarily bands of Sioux but others also ranged through the area) who would spear fish in the creek (hence the name of the creek and subsequently the town). Once the gold rush started, the city was founded in 1876 at the mouth of Spearfish Canyon, and was originally called Queen City. Spearfish grew as a supplier of foodstuffs to the mining camps in the hills. Even today, a significant amount of truck farming and market gardening still occurs in the vicinity.

In 1887, the accepted history of gold mining in the Black Hills was thrown into question by the discovery of what has become known as the Thoen Stone. Discovered by Louis Thoen on the slopes of Lookout Mountain, the stone purports to be the last testament of Ezra Kind who, along with six others, entered the Black Hills in 1833 (at a time when whites were forbidden by law and treaty from entering the area), "got all the gold we could carry" in June 1834, and were subsequently "killed by Indians beyond the high hill." While it may seem unlikely that someone who has "lost my gun and nothing to eat and Indians hunting me" would take the time to carve his story in sandstone, there is corroborating historical evidence for the Ezra Kind party.

In the 20th century, the history of Spearfish was tied very closely to mining and tourism. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who visited Spearfish Canyon in 1935, later called the area "unique and unparalleled elsewhere in our country," and wondered, "How is it that I've heard so little of this miracle and we, toward the Atlantic, have heard so much of the Grand Canyon when this is even more miraculous?"

The Homestake Sawmill (previously part of Pope and Talbot, now owned by Neimen Forest Products) was built to supply timbers for the Homestake Mine in Lead (closed January 2002). In 1938, Joseph Meier brought the Luenen Passion Play to settle permanently in Spearfish and become the Black Hills Passion Play, drawing thousands of visitors every year during the summer months. After Meier's death in 2007, the amphitheater and 23 acres (93,000 m2) surrounding it were put up for sale.

Ort : Geographische Breite: 44.4915566, Geographische Länge: -103.8595533


Geburt

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Geburt    Personen-Kennung 
1 Hillius, D.W.  30 Jun 1936Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA I50670

Tod

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Tod    Personen-Kennung 
1 Beck, Irene Marie  19 Apr 2007Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA I35169
2 Bertsch, Julius  Dez 1984Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA I6366
3 Faatz, Martha Marie  3 Okt 1999Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA I37971
4 Haux, Gladys Mildred  16 Mai 2003Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA I19179
5 Hieb, Robert L.  14 Jun 1995Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA I74759
6 Moos, Anna  2 Okt 1981Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA I184290
7 Orth, Henry Carl  15 Feb 1973Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA I86061
8 Rawlings, Wendell Lowell  21 Jan 2014Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA I36990
9 Salmen, Evelyn Edna  14 Jan 2019Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA I35890
10 Trautman, Elmer Henry  18 Dez 2001Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA I233688
11 White, Mary Lee  28 Aug 1998Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA I48030
12 Zimbelman, Harold Elmer  12 Sep 1999Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA I5906

Beerdigung

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Beerdigung    Personen-Kennung 
1 Faatz, Martha Marie  Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA I37971
2 Hanson, Ardis G.  Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA I110686
3 Hoerth, Rueben J.  Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA I47853
4 Rice, Ronald O.  Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA I37972
5 White, Mary Lee  Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA I48030

Eheschließung

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   Familie    Eheschließung    Familien-Kennung 
1 Christenson / Schaffer  11 Feb 1938Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA F5638