CORPORALS, COOKS AND COWBOYS

African Americans in the Black Hills and surrounding areas

by

Lilah Morton Pengra

The book is divided into three sections: General Topics, The Social Environment, and African Americans Living in and close to the Black Hills. Fifteen general topics include such subjects as Black Cowboys, Buffalo Soldiers, The Importance of Cooks and Miners. The Social Environment reviews the prejudices and opportunities found in the Black Hills for African Americans from 1874 to 1930. The final section tells the stories of 30 families in some detail as well as short entries on 74 other people. There is an extensive index. For further information, see the book review on page 6 in the SD Library Association's newsletter Book Marks. 

This spiral-bound softcover reference work is now a collectible item because there are no copies remaining. Many of the photographs have never before been published. There are no plans to re-issue it.

Read the life story of Edward Tenney, Civil War soldier and Buffalo Soldier at Fort Meade in Dakota Territory. He lived some of his final years at The Old Soldiers Home in Hot Springs, South Dakota. Photo of Old Soldiers Home from the collection of Lilah Morton Pengra.