Comments on: Sheridan – the sunken city

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:25:53 +0000

The town of Sheridan was, for all practical reasons, a mining camp. The population changed frequently as miners came and went, but was never more than a few thousand at any one time. One of the only photos we’ve seen is of the old Sheridan school, which later became the Pennington county courthouse. It can be viewed at http://tinyurl.com/yb7jpvs.

By: LovesPie

LovesPie — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:22:13 +0000

Are there any photos of Sheridan before it went under? How big was it in terms of sq. miles?

By: Cindy Davies

Cindy Davies — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:28:42 +0000

http://dlsd.sdln.net/u?/sdsmt,2722 Here’s a picture of Pactola in the early days.

By: Chad Coppess

Chad Coppess — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:42:56 +0000

Very cool story. I’m sure you already know that Pactola Lake holds a similar secret. Back in the early 80s while canoeing on Pactola I spotted an old car sitting below the water. I’m surprised I didn’t see it pop up with the low water levels the last several years.

By: blackhillsfun

blackhillsfun — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:16:03 +0000

I shot some photos of a house that was “rescued” from Sheridan before it was flooded — from what I understand a lot of those homes were really cute Victorian styled. This one was. It had been turned into a cabin of sorts up by Terry Peak.

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:46:29 +0000

Years ago I saw old photos of the Sheridan store, which was the last surviving business before the site was flooded. It was kind of a popular stop, akin to the Three Forks store, in its day.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:57:40 +0000

Very interesting point, Peggy. I hadn’t thought of that. In writing the post, I didn’t come across any mention of a cemetery; I’m an optimist, so am going to hope that issue was thought of before the area was flooded. Thanks for reading!

By: Peggy

Peggy — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:45:58 +0000

The article makes me wonder about grave sites…most towns of any size would have had a cemetary. I wonder if there was one for Sheridan and what happened to it when the town was flooded?

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:17:37 +0000

Darla – thanks for catching the typo! I’ve tweaked the post so it makes a bit more sense. Happy reading.

By: Darla

Darla — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:10:15 +0000

Great article! However, I believe the phrase should be “lie in state”, rather than “estate”. I love all of the BHTB posts – keep them coming!