Ghost Towns......Bonesteel, SD

     In the early days, the small village that became Bonesteel, South Dakota, produced one of the most exciting and dramatic sagas in the history of the Rosebud Country and the State of South Dakota. It evolved from the native Indian hunting grounds to become known as the “Underworld Capitol of the West” in the span of twelve frontier years. It seems like only yesterday that the whole drama was enacted, but in truth it has been well over a hundred years ago. The pulse of Bonesteel's sudden rise to 'fame and fortune' was rapid, hostile, and abrupt. 
     Situated on a plateau over the lonesome prairie was a small village near the clear sparkling waters of Huston Springs. Before Dakota Territory was admitted to the union as the states of North and South Dakota in 1889, fur traders, wood hawks, their wives, and soldiers stationed at Fort Randall were some of the first humans to spent time in the village and enjoy the cooling waters of Huston Springs. It is possible the village was called Huston because of the Springs.
By Marita Placek
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