[4] The Crouch Line was one of many railroads in the Black Hills that experienced the area's boom and bust.
[5] The Crouch Line entered the planning stages in the early 1890s, with the purpose of connecting Rapid City to the central Black Hills.
[6] Construction on the line from Dark Canyon to Mystic began in 1901 and was completed in 1906,[1] and a celebration was held on May 27, 1906.
In June 1907, a flood wiped out a small portion of the line, but by late 1907, the railroad had been repaired.
[4] During the night of November 15, 1907, a bridge in a narrow gorge located north of Silver City caught fire as a train approached.
reported that a boxcar loaded with building materials on the Milwaukee railroad became uncoupled and rolled away from the station.
The runaway boxcar was not stopped until it reached Creston, S.D., by the action of telegraph operator H. C. Troth who blocked the track with wood.
The portion of the route that ran from Pactola to Mystic has been converted into a hiking trail, which starts at Silver City.
[11] In summer 2013, the Crouch Line was featured in an exhibit in the Adelstein Gallery in The Journey Museum in Rapid City.