South Dakota Ghost Towns & Mining Camps

 

Historic McCahan Chapel in the Historic District of Mystic, South Dakota by Kathy Alexander.

Historic McCahan Chapel in the Historic District of Mystic, South Dakota, by Kathy Alexander.

1880 Town, Midland

Buffalo Gap – Rowdy Cow Town

Rough & Tumble Deadwood

Galena – Thriving on Silver

Keystone – Best of the Black Hills

Lead – Gold Mining Maven

Mystic – Mining & Timber

Okaton – A Prairie Ghost Town

Pringle – Trail Town of the Southern Hills

Rochford – Friendliest Ghost Town in the Black Hills

South Dakota Ghost Town Photo Galleries

1880 Town, Midland, South Dakota by Carol Highsmith.

1880 Town, Midland, South Dakota by Carol Highsmith.

© Kathy Alexander/Legends of America, updated November 2022.

Also See:

Emerging Ghost Towns of the Plains

Forts Across the American West

Ghost Towns Across America

Ghost Town Photo Galleries

South Dakota Main Page

Point of Rocks Stage Station in Pringle, South Dakota by Kathy Alexander.

Point of Rocks Stage Station in Pringle, South Dakota by Kathy Alexander.

The 1910 Citizens Bank in Buffalo Gap, South Dakota.

The 1910 Citizens Bank in Buffalo Gap, South Dakota.