If you know me at all the CCC is one of my favorite government programs of all time. Simply put, it worked. It put young men to work, took most of their pay and sent it to their families, trained them, and ran the camps with military discipline. I think we all know people who could benefit from this background and all of us benefit today from the work done throughout South Dakota and particularly throughout the Black Hills.
South of Keystone you drive by this old cabin. I have to do some additional research to find out what was the attraction. My guess is dates back to the mining boom in this area.
Mining boom town of Keystone, this was the school built in 1899. It was built to hold 300 students which it never did. The town currently has just over 300 people. It is a must see community on your Black Hills travels, mining was done on a massive scale here and you can tour a gold mine.
One room school from Keystone, 40 students in grades 1-8 could be packed into one of these.
Click on the picture and you'll see this is a Chicago air compressor. Used in mining throughout the Keystone and Black Hills area.
If you know me at all the CCC is one of my favorite government programs of all time. Simply put, it worked. It put young men to work, took most of their pay and sent it to their families, trained them, and ran the camps with military discipline. I think we all know people who could benefit from this background and all of us benefit today from the work done throughout South Dakota and particularly throughout the Black Hills.
South of Keystone you drive by this old cabin. I have to do some additional research to find out what was the attraction. My guess is dates back to the mining boom in this area.
Mining boom town of Keystone, this was the school built in 1899. It was built to hold 300 students which it never did. The town currently has just over 300 people. It is a must see community on your Black Hills travels, mining was done on a massive scale here and you can tour a gold mine.
One room school from Keystone, 40 students in grades 1-8 could be packed into one of these.
Click on the picture and you'll see this is a Chicago air compressor. Used in mining throughout the Keystone and Black Hills area.
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