{"id":700,"date":"2024-02-20T15:56:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T15:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/?page_id=700"},"modified":"2024-02-20T15:56:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T15:56:20","slug":"potato-creek","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/?page_id=700","title":{"rendered":"POTATO CREEK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/POTATO-CREEK-1024x724.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-701\" style=\"width:841px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/POTATO-CREEK-1024x724.png 1024w, http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/POTATO-CREEK-300x212.png 300w, http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/POTATO-CREEK-768x543.png 768w, http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/POTATO-CREEK.png 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPotato Creek Johnny\u201d is credited with finding one of the world\u2019s largest gold nugget. The nugget was located in Potato Creek. The gold nugget weighed 7-3\/4 troy ounces in the shape of a leg. He sold the piece to W.E. Adams for $250.00. Johnny is buried in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/3470\/john-e_-perrett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mount Moriah Cemetery<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Decimal Degrees:<\/strong>&nbsp;44.37950, -104.01998<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LINKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deadwood.com\/history\/infamous-deadwood\/potato-creek-johnny\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DEADWOOD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legendsofamerica.com\/sd-potatocreekjohnny\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LEGENDS OF AMERICA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cPotato Creek Johnny\u201d is credited with finding one of the world\u2019s largest gold nugget. The nugget was located in Potato Creek. The gold nugget weighed 7-3\/4 troy ounces in the shape of a leg. He sold the piece to W.E. Adams for $250.00. Johnny is buried in\u00a0Mount Moriah Cemetery. Decimal Degrees:&nbsp;44.37950, -104.01998 LINKS: DEADWOOD LEGENDS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-700","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=700"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":702,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/700\/revisions\/702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}