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unusual facts about Custer City



Sidney Black Hills Stage Road

The Sidney Black Hills Stage Road or Route was a trail connecting Sidney, Nebraska, Sidney Barracks, and the Union Pacific Railroad with Fort Robinson, Red Cloud Agency, Spotted Tail Agency, Custer City, Dakota Territory, and Deadwood, Dakota Territory between 1876 and 1887, when it was replaced

The trail went north from Sidney past Courthouse and Jail Rocks to present-day Bridgeport, Nebraska where it crossed the North Platte River via the Clarke Bridge to present-day Northport, Nebraska, Red Willow, Running Water (on the Niobrara River), Red Cloud Agency, and eventually on two separate branches; one to Deadwood and one via Four Mile to Custer City.


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Four Mile, South Dakota

Named because of the distance from Custer City on the original Sidney Black Hills Stage Road, Four Mile today is a small bedroom community for Custer, with single tourist attraction Four Mile Old West Town Museum, a log-cabin manufacturer, a small mobile home court, and several other residences.