Homestake Adams Cultural Center: Did the Railroad Kill the Wagon?

Date and Time

Thursday Nov 3, 2016
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM MDT

Thursday, November 3

12:00 p.m.

Location

Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center (HARCC), 150 Sherman Street, Deadwood

Fees/Admission

The event is wheelchair accessible. Please feel free to bring your lunch

Contact Information

605-722-4800
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Description

DEADWOOD – Deadwood History, Inc. and the Deadwood Historic Preservation Commission will host a presentation by Rick Mills, South Dakota Humanities Council Speakers’ Bureau Scholar.

Rick Mills will discuss the advent of Black Hills rail transportation and its stunning influences on the economic and social cultures of the region from the 1870s through the first decades of the 20th century. Mills will present a series of photos, including classic Black Hills railroad and historic Dakota images dating back to the 1860s, as well as some of his favorite images from this transformational era of Black Hills transportation.

Rick Mills of Hermosa is a fifth generation resident of western South Dakota, and a lifelong railroad enthusiast. He currently serves as Director of the South Dakota State Railroad Museum in Hill City, a position he has held since the museum opened in 2010. Mills wrote and published his first book on railroad history in 1985 while a freshman at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, and has since authored five books on regional railroad history, co-authored and contributed to four other books, produced articles, scripts, and photo essays for history publications and video productions. He has been involved with programming for South Dakota Public Broadcasting, the History Channel, and the Discovery Channel.