Buffalo Gap, South Dakota Alumni

04/12/2026

Kay Streeter (person on left) grew up in southeast South Dakota and arrived in Buffalo Gap — in the state’s southwest corner — as a young bride, marrying into a family steeped in ranching, banking, public service and saddle-making.

She eventually moved away to teach at Montana State University in Billings but returned to Buffalo Gap in 2010 to care for elderly relatives

04/12/2026

Buffalo Gap Church

04/12/2026

Buffalo Gap Townhall

04/28/2024

200 N 4th street, Buffalo Gap. Only thing that looks familiar from when I lived there back in the early 70s are the 5 big trees along the front. (And the wood fence between the driveways)

04/28/2024

101 Pine St, Buffalo Gap , SD

04/20/2024

From South Dakota Magazine (Not sure of the year):

KAY STREETER HAS inherited Buffalo Gap history — everything from land, cattle and buildings to scraps of paper. It couldn’t be in better hands.

“I was born on the plains,” she says. “I’m a child of the land and there is something about it that has a deep call for you.”

Streeter grew up in southeast South Dakota and arrived in Buffalo Gap — in the state’s southwest corner — as a young bride, marrying into a family steeped in ranching, banking, public service and saddle-making. ...continued in article>>

The gold is gone, but we found history, cattle and copper bracelets in Buffalo Gap.

04/20/2024

404 N 3rd St, Buffalo Gap, SD 57722

04/20/2024

From Wikipedia:
A very old western South Dakota town, Buffalo Gap was founded in 1877. By 1885, it was a railroad spur for the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad line, with more than 1,200 residents. Today, the town has about 180 residents.

In its early years it was one of the largest towns in South Dakota, but it received the same fate as many other towns of that era. A resident's cow kicked over a lantern and it burned the town to the ground, as happened with the Great Chicago Fire and many others. The town never fully recovered and was never rebuilt to its former grandeur.

The name comes from a gap to the west of town that sheltered buffalo herds in earlier times. Although Buffalo Gap burned down several times, there are a number of historic buildings still standing. Located on State Hwy 79 between Hermosa and Hot Springs, Buffalo Gap intersects with County Road 656, an “off the beaten path” that travelers can take into the Buffalo Gap National Grasslands, Badlands National Park and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

Part of the action of the French book La Brèche aux buffles takes place in Buffalo Gap.

06/02/2023

06/02/2023

Entering Buffalo Gap, South Dakota on County Road 656, Westbound

11/01/2021

Eben Streeter ranch. I went there once back in about 1972

11/01/2021

This is supposed to be from 2007. Maybe its just the snow but I dont recognize the building or where this is at