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WHERE GOLD WAS DISCOVERED. A view of Custer?s Golden Valley camp showing French Creek just bevond the row of tents on the right, and with Pioneer Mountain to the left. One of Custer?s miners, Horatio Ross, discovered gold here in late July of 1874. Illingworth photo courtesy of the South Dakota Historical Society.
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