About the Author

This is the seventh book Jan Cerney has written for the Images of America series. Cerney lives on a ranch near the Badlands with her husband Bob. Roberta Sago is the special collections librarian and archivist for the Leland D. Case Library for Western Historical Studies and University Archives at Black Hills State University. Prior to coming to South Dakota, she worked as the manuscript librarian for the University of Texas at El Paso and in similar positions in Washington, D.C. Special thanks go to the Leland D. Case Library and the South Dakota State Historical Society Archives. Black Hills Gold Rush Towns is Sago's second book for Arcadia Publishing.