Black Hills Chapter - Lead/Deadwood - Organized: April 16, 1921
Bear Butte Chapter - Sturgis - Organized: March 15, 1952
MERGER APPROVED: December 4, 1999
The Black Hills Chapter , NSDAR was organized in Belle
Fourche, South Dakota on April 16, 1921 at the home of
Betty H. Crouch.
Bear Butte Chapter was organized March 15, 1952. The
chapter was named after the mountain east of Sturgis, an
igneous cone rising almost 1,400 feet above the plains to
an elevation of 4,422 feet. This cone served as a landmark
to early explorers and pioneers. The chapter was active
in DAR committee work in Sturgis and the surrounding
areas until merging with Black Hills Chapter in 1998.
On August 21, 1999 members of the Bear Butte-Sturgis,
5-001-SD and Black Hills- Lead/Deadwood, 5-003-SD
Chapters met and voted in favor of merging. Feeling the
name of the newly merged chapter and its location should
serve to best represent the vast area encompassing its
combined membership they voted to change the chapter
name to Black Hills and its location to Rapid City. On
December 4, 1999 the National Board of Management
approved the merger, name and location. The new
chapter became:
BLACK HILLS CHAPTER, NSDAR
Rapid City, SD
5-001-SD
BLACK HILLS
CHAPTER HISTORY
BEAR BUTTE
