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Mount Rushmore, Black Hills And Badlands: Vanishing Trails of the Pioneers

Program #13160

The land now shadowed by Mt. Rushmore was, up until the 1870s, called the "last great unknown". Enrich your understanding of American growth and development in this vast wilderness as you immerse yourself in the beauty, history and the mystery of the Black Hills and Badlands. Explore Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Custer State Park, Badlands National Park, and historic Deadwood. Study the lives of gold seekers, and sod busters. Discover the "Old West", before a handful of Presidents made it famous. Learn about this fascinating time in our nation’s history and how these pioneers and gold miners became the hands that carved Mt. Rushmore. Connect with the past as you discover the stories of those who dreamed of finding their fortune out west.

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Program Cost
$1,022
2010 Program Dates
Tour 1
5/09-5/15
Tour 2
5/16-5/22
Tour 3
5/23-5/29
Tour 4
5/30-6/05
Tour 5
6/06-6/12
Tour 6
6/13-6/19
Tour 7
7/04-7/10
Tour 8
7/18-7/24
Tour 9
7/25-7/31
Tour 10
8/01-8/07
Tour 11
8/15-8/21
Tour 12
8/22-8/28
Tour 13
8/29-9/04
Tour 14
9/05-9/11
Tour 15
9/12-9/18
Tour 16
9/19-9/25
Tour 17
9/26-10/02
Program Itinerary
Day 1
Orientation
Opening Dinner
Listening Device Orientation

Day 2
Breakfast at the K Bar S Lodge
Depart for Heritage Center
Tour Heritage Center
Original Deadwood Tour
Free time in Deadwood -including lunch
Tour the Homestake Gold Mine
Depart for the K Bar S Lodge
Dinner at the K Bar S Lodge
Presentation*

Day 3
Breakfast at the K Bar S Lodge
Depart for Mt. Rushmore
Audio Tour Wands
Group Photo
Tour Mt. Rushmore
Depart for K Bar S Lodge
Lunch at the K Bar S Lodge
Depart for Rapid City
Tour the Journey Museum
Depart for the K Bar S Lodge
Dinner at K Bar S Lodge
Evening Lighting Ceremony (subject to seasonal dates)

Day 4
Breakfast at the K Bar S Lodge
Depart for Needles Highway
Sylvan Lake / Needles Drive
Wildlife Loop Road W-E
Western Cookout at the Game Lodge
Tour Crazy Horse
Depart for the K Bar S Lodge
Dinner at the K Bar S Lodge
Presentation*

Day 5
Breakfast at the K Bar S Lodge
Depart for Badlands National Park
Prairie Homestead
Ben Reifel Visitor Center
Badlands Scenic Byway
Lunch in Wall
Depart for the K Bar S Lodge
Dinner at K Bar S Lodge
Optional Campfire

Day 6
Breakfast at the K Bar S Lodge
Presentation*
1880 Train Ride to Hill City
Free time in Hill City - including lunch
Tour BH Geological Institute
1880 Train return trip to Keystone
Final Banquet at the K Bar S Lodge

Day 7
Breakfast at the K Bar S Lodge
Depart

*Presentation dates/times may very upon speaker availability
** Program schedule subject to change

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