Monday, July 18, 2011

Henry Weston Smith Monument


This picture was taken about 1989 at the monument’s former location, north of Deadwood, South Dakota on the Deadwood-Spearfish Road.  The monument has been relocated to Highway 85 North of Deadwood.



HENRY WESTON SMITH

THE PIONEER PREACHER


Who was killed here by Indians, Sunday Morning, August 20, 1876.


Erected by the Society of B. H. Pioneers
Aug. 20, 1914


[Note: Henry Weston Smith, served with the rank of Sergeant in Co. H, 52nd Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War.]

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