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.
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Larry Hamm
6/13/2019 08:26:41 pm
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