Buckskin Johnny's Cabin - Belle Fourche, SD - Relocated Structures on Waymarking.com

BUCKSKIN JOHNNY CABIN
BUILT IN 1876

THIS CABIN, THE FIRST IN THIS VICINITY WAS BUILT
BY JOHN T. SPAULDING AND HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW.
THOMAS J. DAVIS, IN 1876-77 AS A HOME FOR HIMSELF
AND MR. AND MRS. LUCINDA DAVIS AND FAMILY. IT
WAS LOCATED ON THE LOWER REDWATER, 2^1/2 MILES S.E. OF
HERE FROM LOGS FELLED IN THE BLACK HILLS AND
HAULED BY TEAM TO THE ORIGINAL SITE. THE CABIN
WAS DONATED TO THE BELLE FOURCHE LIONS CLUB
BY MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM HELMER TO BE MOVED TO
THE CITY OF BELLE FOURCHE AND RESTORED TO AS
NEAR THE ORIGINAL AS POSSIBLE BY THE BELLE-
FOURCHE LIONS CLUB AS A HISTORICAL MONUMENT
TO THE EARLY DAY FRONTIERSMEN.

_{THIS SIGN ERECTED BY THE BLACK HILLS HALF CENTURY CLUB IN 1963}

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