Peek at the Past

100 Years Ago

August 4, 1920

A sign with the legend “Tourists Camping Ground” has now been placed on the south side of the road leading in to Sundance from the east to direct tourists to what has been reported to be one of the finest camp grounds on the Custer Battlefield Hiway.

Too much hay may be the ultimate result of an unusually wet and hot summer. One traveler reports 40 stacks of hay on one place. Hugh Thompson guessed his first cutting at 2 loads per acre; it amounted to 37 loads from 12 acres and the second growth is two feet high. Dave Watson had to borrow his neighbors pastur...