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The George S. Mickelson Trail is a rail trail in the Black Hills region of South Dakota.. The main trail route extends 108.8 miles (175.1 km), from Edgemont to Deadwood, with approximately nine miles of additional branch trails, including a three-mile (5 km) paved link from Custer to the Custer State Park completed in 2007.
[17] [18] South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard opposed the name change, as did other state officials, and no action was taken in 2015. [19] The U.S. Board on Geographic Names officially changed the mountain's name from "Harney Peak" to "Black Elk Peak" on August 11, 2016, by a unanimous vote of 12–0, with one abstention.
The Rawhide Buttes station was demolished in 1973 after having functioned as a ranch headquarters. The ruin of the stage station barn is the only remnant of the Running Water Station, which stood about 15 miles (24 km) north of Rawhide Butte near the stage route's intersection with the Texas Trail.
Centennial Trail may refer to: Black Hills Centennial Trail, South Dakota, United States; Centennial Trail (Illinois), in Chicago; North Idaho Centennial Trail, Idaho, United States; Centennial Trail (Montana), in Helena; Snohomish County Centennial Trail, Washington (U.S. state) Spokane River Centennial Trail, Washington (U.S. state)
George S. Mickelson Trail: 108.8 175 South Dakota: within the Black Hills: Gerard Hiking Trail: 36 58 Pennsylvania: Loop trail in Oil Creek State Park. Gerry Connolly Cross County Trail: 40.5 65 Fairfax County, Virginia: Potomac River, Great Falls, Virginia: Occoquan River, Lorton, Virginia: Multi-use trail traversing the entire length of ...
Black Elk Peak, which at 7,242 feet (2,207 m) is the tallest mountain in South Dakota, is located in the wilderness, and one can see into four different states from the summit. Craggy peaks and rocky slopes mixed with ponderosa pine , spruce and fir trees make for a varied ecosystem.
The Sidney Black Hills Stage Road or Route was a trail connecting Sidney, Nebraska, Sidney Barracks, and the Union Pacific Railroad with Fort Robinson, Red Cloud Agency, Spotted Tail Agency, Custer City, Dakota Territory, and Deadwood, Dakota Territory between 1876 and 1887, when it was replaced.
It currently operates the 1880 Train on the former Keystone Branch of the Burlington Northern Railroad (BN) between Hill City, South Dakota and Keystone, South Dakota. This railroad line was originally built by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) to serve mining and timber interests in the Black Hills .