Name: Black Hills

 

County: Crook

 

Authority Name: Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1034232W

Latitude: 442500N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 4495/1370

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Range

 

Origin of Name:

The name is Sioux Indian, for the appearance of the hills from a distance is black from the pine. They are called "Paha Sapa" or "Mess Sapa." Paha is hills, mess is mountain, Sapa is black, therefore Black Hills or Black Mountains.  

Source: WPA

 

Mountain range in South Dakota (Wyoming), called by the early French traders cote noire, "black hills," from the character of the timber which grows on them, giving a dark appearance.

Source: Gannett 

 

Other Names: Black Mountains, Costa Negra, Paha Sapa

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Black Hills

 

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