November 26, 1876: General Sturgis, namesake of the city of Sturgis, returned to Fort Abraham Lincoln, with his troops of the Seventh Cavalry, after disarming American Indians at the Cheyenne Agency. 1,300 ponies and 180 stand of arms were confiscated. This was part of the campaign launched after Custer’s defeat at the Little Big Horn.

November 2, 1880: Fort Meade was closely picketed in order to prevent soldiers from going to Sturgis to vote.

November 6, 1884: Ten thousand acres of timber land were destroyed by fire near Sturgis.

November 16, 1888: The Depot hotel in Sturgis caught fire and burned to the ground. The fire department was out fighting the flames, but the two story building couldn’t be saved. The building itself was almost new, and was built and owned by Justin Schnell.

November 29, 1889: A conman visits Sturgis. The con’s game was to fake a check, claiming it was written by someone of importance in the city. He claimed he was called off to Rapid City, and didn’t have time to return home, but if he could just cash the check with the individual, it would be incredibly helpful. His first victim was a young man who was finishing up chores.
Gaining confidence, he next went to the Harney Hotel, where he registered, and then had supper. There he claimed he was in town for a couple of days, but didn’t have any cash on him, which he didn’t like. But he had a check, that could be cashed on Monday morning when the banks reopened. That was his second victim.
Before leaving town though, he worked his game on a few other people, but it wasn’t until Sunday night that Fay Cowden, a livery stable keeper in town, that the scam was fully exposed. Cowden had hired out a team of horses and a buggy to a man he said appeared to be a nice fellow. He found his horses and buggy at a local farm.

December 2, 1892: All outdoor work in Sturgis was suspended as a blizzard struck the city.

December 18, 1894: Judge Plowman convened the Meade County circuit court in Sturgis. One of the most important cases involved boys who were charged with throwing stones into an Elkhorn passenger train while it was passing through town. A number of passengers were injured by broken glass.

December 8, 1899: Mike Shea, a young man well known in Lead, and having spent quite some time on the Sioux Reservation, where he had been wolfing, turned in over 700 wolf pelts to the towns of Rapid City, Sturgis, and Belle Fourche.
A bounty had recently been placed on gray wolves, provided $3 per head, and $1 per coyote.

December 14, 1904: Sturgis had a basketball team. It was seen as a great opportunity for the young men of the city to get into the action. They were ready to square off with either high school teams or the Golden Star Club.

December 23, 1909: Kong On, a Chinese resident of Sturgis, left the town for the Pacific coast, where he was set to sail to Hong Kong.
It was also announced that $100,000 worth of work at Fort Meade would begin. Additional buildings were to be erected, which excited the people of Sturgis, as they were looking forward to the “high moguls at Washington” to show their appreciation of the natural advantages of the Fort. The hope was that the post would be designated as a division post.