Library to host pioneer aviator program

Crook County Library is hosting the program "Pioneer Aviator of the Black Hills: Neva Esmay Pluimer" by Tim Velder on Fri., Apr. 22 at the library meeting room in Sundance. The program will begin at 7 p.m. and is free to the public.

Who was the unsung hero during the 1941 parachutist rescue at Devils Tower? Who was the first civilian pilot to fly after the bombing at Pearl Harbor?

Who was the only woman to train pilots and rig parachutes for servicemen at the Black Hills Airport? Who was the 'Diana of Dakota'?

Local amateur historian Tim Velder will – for the first time – tell the story of Nev...