Written Histories
Sturgis & Meade County Historical Society is pleased to provide access to several articles written about our local past:
Characters of Early Sturgis & Meade County (publication that replaced History Day 2020)
Double Murder from Sturgis History
In the year of 1902, a couple of young men from Sioux City, Iowa, located on a homestead in eastern Meade county, South Dakota, and there…Read more
History of the Erskine School written by Nancy Keffeler
Sturgis, also formerly known as “Scooptown”, was founded on October 25, 1878. The town is located 1 1/2 miles west of Fort Meade. At the time…Read more
Sturgis from Black Hills Illustrated - 1904
One of the most progressive towns of the Black Hills country is Sturgis, which might be said to be about an hour from…Read more
Court Proceeding related to Grasshopper Jim
Plaintiff brought this action to enforce an alleged oral contract wherein it was agreed that plaintiff should inherit and …Read more