THE LOST TREASURES OF THE BLACK HILLS is the latest addition to Peter Netzel's lost treasure series of books. This volume covers lost treasure stories and legends from the Black Hills. This area is composed of several South Dakota counties: Lawrence, Pennington, Custer, Meade and Fall River; it also includes Crook and Weston counties of Wyoming. This is the addition to the 7-volume series, The Lost Treasures Of Montana; and the 5-volume series of the Lost Treasures Of Wyoming. These books have garnered widespread attention. In addition to appearances on local television stations, in podcasts, and local television stations, the author has appeared on the naionally syndicated Travel Channel. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A TREASURE HUNTER TO ENJOY THESE STORIES! These books are filled with Western history, firsthand accounts, and newspaper clippings containing details of the days gone by. From frontiersmen, Native Americans, cowboys, settlers, and gold rushers, the Black Hills are filled with stories. Many of these tales are centered on lost, buried, or hidden treasures throughout the region that have not been recovered to this day.The Black Hills area is beautiful, and a great place to visit. Even if treasure hunting is not your hobby, you will find places where interesting Old West history took place. This background history, fleshed out by actual newspaper accounts of the times, and coupled with detailed topo maps and other terrain descriptions, make Peter Netzel's lost treasures series the most comprehensive works of their kind published to date. What makes THE LOST TREASURES OF THE BLACK HILLS and the other books in the Lost Treasure series unique from others, is that they are enriched with maps and detailed descriptions of the locale near where the lost treasures lie hidden. Best of all, lots of firsthand accounts and historical material are included within the stories. You do not have to be a treasure hunter to enjoy these books!The state of South Dakota - and especially, the Black Hills - are rich in American history and possibilities for lost treasure. As settlers, gold seekers, and adventurers moved into Dakota Territory with the discovery of gold in the Black Hills, the U.S. Army followed to provide protection from the tribes determined to defend their lands against the encroaching settlers. Sites to explore include: former Native Americans camps and villages; the forts and other military establishments that housed the soldiers sent to protect emigrants from Native American attacks; farms and ranches where white people first settled the land; and, finally, anywhere prospectors roamed the hills and canyons in search of gold. There were trails and wagon roads criss-crossing the state of South Dakota and the Black Hills. Early on, gold from the Black Hills was transported by stagecoach to be taken further by train. Also, over these trails was freighted supplies needed by the mining camps and other settlements. Towns sprang up around the stage routes to serve the needs of the travelers, workers, and local residents. Most of these hastily mushrooming towns vanished as the railroads pushed westward. Any settlement along the old pioneer trails and the developing railroads, holds the possibility for lost treasure. And, more importantly, this is where history happened.

Did a doomed party of prospectors discover gold in South Dakota's Black Hills decades before Custer's Black Hills Expedition scouted out the area? Why would anyone want to murder one of Deadwood, South Dakota's most upstanding citizens? Where did Lame Johnny hide his stolen cache of over $7.5 million in gold? From the wily—and some say dangerous—jackalope to the world’s largest mammoth grave, Black Hills Myths and Legends of makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the Mount Rushmore State’s most fascinating and compelling stories.

THE LOST TREASURES OF THE DAKOTAS is the latest addition to Peter Netzel's lost treasure series. It is the companion volume to THE LOST TREASURES OF THE BLACK HILLS, and covers the lost treasure stories and legends from North Dakota and South Dakota. There are even several bonus stories of lost treasures in the Black Hills. The South Dakota counties covered in THE LOST TREASURES OF THE DAKOTAS are: Davison, Ziebach, Brown, Turner, Minnehaha, Codington, Charles Mix, Butte, Haakon, Marshall, Roberts, Lincoln, Walworth, and Hughes. The North Dakota counties covered in the book are: Grand Forks, Richland, Ward, Billings, Rolette, Burke, Morton, Williams, Burleigh, Mercer, Slope, Stark, McClean, Traill, Benson, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Ransom, and McHenry. There are also bonus lost treasure tales from the Black Hills counties of Pennington, Lawrence, and Custer. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A TREASURE HUNTER TO ENJOY THESE STORIES! These books are filled with Western history, historical details, newspaper clippings, firsthand accounts and details that bring to life THE DAKOTAS in their early days.This is the latest addition to the group which includes the 7-volume series, THE LOST TREASURES OF MONTANA; and the 5-volume series of THE LOST TREASURES OF WYOMING; and THE LOST TREASURES OF THE BLACK HILLS. All of the books include maps and geographical details of locations of lost treasures and Western history. Peter Netzel's LOST TREASURES series have garnered the author national attention. In addition to features on local television stations and Internet podcasts, the author has also appeared on the nationally syndicated Travel Channel.