founding
2 articles on founding.
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The Founding of Rapid City in 1876: From "Hay Camp" to the Gateway of the Black Hills
How a frontier supply town on the banks of Rapid Creek grew out of the 1876 Black Hills Gold Rush to become Rapid City, South Dakota, the Gateway to the Black Hills.
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Hay Camp: The Rough Founding of Rapid City
The 1876 settlement first called Hay Camp was founded by men shut out of the Black Hills diggings who bet on a supply town near Rapid Creek instead.