Custer, South Dakota

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• Custer State Park trademark infringement case dismissed
  

  A Keystone business that provides Internet advertising services has reached an agreement with the state Game, Fish & Parks Department over alleged trademark infringement involving references to Custer State ...

• From theFood Network Kitchens
  

  Q: How do I skim the fat from gravy or sauce? -- Helen Black, Custer, S.D. A: Freezing or cooling is certainly the easiest way to skim fat , but there are a few other ways as well.

• Business ordered to surrender Custer-related domain names
  

  A Keystone business has agreed to surrender four Internet domain names to the state of South Dakota, which in turn dropped a federal lawsuit over copyright infringement.

• Biker feud unlikely to reignite in Sturgis
  

  One day after a jury cleared a Hells Angels member and a club prospect of attempted murder charges, both men have been freed from jail.

• Sobriety Checkpoints Planned
  

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• Quick fix: Fresh-from-the-sea (and garden) pasta
  

  "Spaghetti and clam sauce is easy to make, flavorful and gutsy," "Silver Palate" cookbook author Sheila Lukins told me in a recent interview.

• Fire takes firefighter's home
  

  The home of a Custer volunteer firefighter was damaged in a fire that started early Monday when a laundry basket was left in front of an electric wall heater.

• Skimming fat from gravy or sauce
  

  Submitted by SHNS on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 17:16. Q: How do I skim the fat from gravy or sauce? -- Helen Black, Custer, S.D. A: Freezing or cooling is certainly the easiest way to skim fat , but there are a few ...

• Christmas tree cutting begins
  

  Officials Cracking Down at Crossings Polar Plunge The Degroots live on a third generation apple orchard.

• Cut down your own Christmas tree
  

  It's beginning to feel a lot like the holiday season. And now, you can start decorating for it.

• Tags available to cut Christmas trees in Black Hills
  

  Cut your own fresh Christmas tree this year from the Black Hills National Forest.

• Interstate Closed from Mitchell to Wyoming Line
  

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008 605.773.3178 Wyoming Line Emergency Declaration Issued Pierre , SD Interstate 90 between Murdo and Mitchell closed at 7:00 pm this evening.

• Numerous shell casings taken from Custer shooting
  

  MPC is cutting nearly two-thirds of its workforce, including 85 workers at its North Sioux City, South Dakota, facility, according to company employees.

• Electric Co-ops Report Damage From Blizzard
  

  The South Dakota Rural Electric Association says eight cooperatives have reported outages and damage to their systems from the early November blizzard.

• Trooper says scene 'chaotic' at Custer shootout
  

  A South Dakota Highway Patrol trooper says people were running for cover when he came upon an August 2006 gunfight at Custer State Park.

• No comments posted.
  

  Rapid City Reflections of South Dakota Fine Art Gallery, 507 6th St. Joseph Lowe is the featured artist for October.

• Search For Missing Elk Hunter In Black Hills
  

  Authorities say Brad McGee last called his family Tuesday night. He was staying at a Hill City motel and was to have stayed with friends Wednesday night.

• Crews, planes searching for lost hunter in the Hills
  

  Emergency response crews are scanning the Black Hills this morning for an Onida man that has been missing for more than 48 hours while hunting elk.

• Elk foundation's grants to help habitat projects
  

  The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has announced it is awarding nine grants totaling $43,865 for conservation projects in South Dakota.

City Description

Custer is a city in Custer County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,860 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Custer County. Custer is generally considered to be the oldest established town and the "mother city" of the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming. The site of one of the major encampments of the Black Hills Expedition of Brevet Major General (a largely ceremonial title, his official rank was Lt. Colonel) George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry in 1874 and the location of the first public discovery of gold in the Black Hills, it was first established as the town of Stonewall (after Stonewall Jackson) by illegally trespassing gold-boomers in 1875, but the town was renamed quickly. Almost abandoned in 1876 when word of the much larger gold strikes in Deadwood Gulch spread, Custer City later became an established city, if smaller and less wealthy than the Northern Hills cities of Deadwood and Lead. Custer observes a "Gold Discovery Days" celebration and festivities annually in late July to celebrate the discovery of gold by the Custer expedition in nearby French Creek. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.8 square

City Contained By:

• Custer County
• South Dakota

Timezones:

• Mountain Time Zone

Size:

• 12.1729441186 km squared

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