Harney peak
Harney Peak is the highest natural point in South Dakota and
the Black Hills. It lies in the Black Elk Wilderness area, in southern
Pennington County, in the Black Hills National Forest. The peak lies 3.7 mi
(6.0 km) WSW of Mount Rushmore. At 7,242 feet (2,207 m), it has been described
by the Board on Geographical Names as the highest summit in the United States
east of the Rocky Mountains. Guadalupe Peak and Sierra Blanca also lie far to
the east of the Continental Divide and are substantially higher, but the
Rockies end north of the region of that latitude.
The peak was named in the late 1850s by Lieutenant Gouverneur K. Warren in honor of General William S. Harney, who was commander of the military in the Black Hills area in the late 1870s.
The first European Americans believed to have reached the summit were a party led by General George Armstrong Custer in 1874, during the Black Hills expedition.
Harney Peak is the site of the Sioux Native American Black Elk's "Great Vision" which he received when nine years old and the site to which he returned as an old man, accompanied by writer John Neihardt, who popularized the medicine man in his book Black Elk
The peak was named in the late 1850s by Lieutenant Gouverneur K. Warren in honor of General William S. Harney, who was commander of the military in the Black Hills area in the late 1870s.
The first European Americans believed to have reached the summit were a party led by General George Armstrong Custer in 1874, during the Black Hills expedition.
Harney Peak is the site of the Sioux Native American Black Elk's "Great Vision" which he received when nine years old and the site to which he returned as an old man, accompanied by writer John Neihardt, who popularized the medicine man in his book Black Elk