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Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA

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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.

Geburt

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

Tod

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	Nachname, Taufnamen	Tod		Personen-Kennung
1	Beck, Irene Marie	19 Apr 2007	Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA	I35169
2	Bertsch, Julius	Dez 1984	Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA	I6366
3	Bierwagen, Walter Wilhelm	8 Apr 1962	Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA	I271136
4	Boehler, Marlene Joann	23 Jan 2008	Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA	I278298
5	Faatz, Martha Marie	3 Okt 1999	Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA	I37971
6	Haux, Gladys Mildred	16 Mai 2003	Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA	I19179
7	Hieb, Robert L.	14 Jun 1995	Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA	I74759
8	Moos, Anna	2 Okt 1981	Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA	I184290
9	Orth, Henry Carl	15 Feb 1973	Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA	I86061
10	Rawlings, Wendell Lowell	21 Jan 2014	Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA	I36990
11	Salmen, Evelyn Edna	14 Jan 2019	Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA	I35890
12	Stell, Kermit Gerald	23 Okt 2012	Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA	I278299
13	Trautman, Elmer Henry	18 Dez 2001	Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA	I233688
14	White, Mary Lee	28 Aug 1998	Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA	I48030
15	Zimbelman, Harold Elmer	12 Sep 1999	Spearfish, 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 1938	Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA	F5638