Crow Creek Cemetery to be fenced and protected

The Society of Black Hills Pioneers has turned its focus to the protection of another old cemetery that is known to house Crook County residents and is looking for help from this community to identify who exactly is buried there. The Crow Creek Cemetery was once fenced and visited, says Vernon Davis, but today has just a single grave marker within its borders.

“We’re going to put up a fence on Crow Creek Cemetery. It’s just across the Wyoming line into South Dakota, right off Red Hill Road,” says Davis.

“We’re just getting started. We’re looking for the descendents of the peop...