Roadside turnout with historic information sign Preacher Smith of Deadwood Gulch.- Henry Weston Smith, was born in Ellington Connecticut, Jan 10 1828. At 23 he became a Methodist exhorter. This led to ordination in the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1862 he inlisted in the Union Army. Caring for the wounded may have turned his mind to healing, for he studied the practice of medicine & was licenced in 1867. In 1867 he joined the gold rush to the Black Hills, where he preached on the streets of Deadwood. On Sunday after service in Deadwood, he set out for Crook City to preach & along the way he was shot. The Canam Highway - Wyoming / South Dakota State Line to the North Dakota / South Dakota State Line Black Hills National Forest stretches for 1.2 million acres, offering outdoor adventure like hiking, biking and camping amidst stunning scenery. Find grassy mountain meadows, towering granite peaks, deep canyons, cascading trout streams and clear, clean lakes.