An Old Mining Town - Rochford, SD

Founded in 1877, the Black Hills town of Rochford, South Dakota once had 500 residents, two hotels and 200 homes. When the area gold mines gave out, the prospectors moved on and, by 1881, it is said that only three men remained in town.

A hundred years later, people started coming back and reviving the old saloons.

The front porch of the Moonshine Gulch Saloon is a good place to pass the afternoon. You could also stop by the "Mall."

You can get the key to the museum from the saloon.

The Pattersons offer rooms to rent at their home, which sits on Mickelson Bike Trail.

The remains of a gold mine that blew up and killed two men in 1902.