Author: Jason Smith - Page 9 - United States Ghost Towns

Moon, South Dakota Ghost Town

Ghost town Moon, South Dakota’s crumbling ruins hide fascinating tales of Black Hills settlers who carved out frontier lives here in 1910.

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Ghost town Melvin vanished from South Dakota’s Black Hills in 1890, leaving only crumbling foundations to tell its frontier tale.