page_title: Henry Weston Smith
section_title: Memorial
hierarchical_section_title: Henry Weston Smith / Memorial
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture taken 10-25-09 of the memorial erected to honor Henry Weston Smith ("Preacher Smith") in Deadwood, South Dakota.
context_page_description: The Reverend Henry Weston Smith was an American preacher and early resident of Deadwood, South Dakota.
  Unlike most of the residents of the time, he was not interested in material riches; instead, he was the first preacher, of any denomination, in the Black Hills Gold Rush camps.
context_section_description: In 1914, the Society of Black Hills Pioneers erected a monument on the road between Deadwood and Spearfish, South Dakota, in the approximate area where Smith's body had been found. In 1994, Highway 85 north of Deadwood, along with the Preacher Smith Monument, was relocated by construction of a four-lane road. A copper time capsule that had been buried in 1914 was opened, providing some period artifacts, such as newspapers; after examination, they, along with additional contemporary items, were returned to the capsule and reburied under the new monument, three miles south of Deadwood on the rebuilt Highway 85. The new monument was rededicated on August 20, 1995, on the 119th anniversary of Smith's murder. The highlight of the ceremony was a reading by local resident, historian, and lawyer Reed Richards of the sermon Preacher Smith had planned to deliver at Crook City that fateful day, 119 years delayed.
caption: Monument in Deadwood, SD off US-85
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