“Legend of Crow Peak” 30 x 40” Oil on Canvas

This painting was painted specifically for the opening of Crow Peak Brewery in Spearfish, SD.  The expanded building opened this weekend with amazing success!  You might say people “flocked” to it!

Crow Peak is a prominent mountain in the Northern Black Hill, outside of Spearfish, SD.  The name “Crow Peak” is an English translation of the Sioux name for the mountain, “Paha Karitukatyapi, which means “the hill where the Crows were killed”.  The name originates from a battle between the Sioux and the Crow Indians, in which the Sioux triumphed

But that is just part of the legend about Crow Peak.  Another narrative about the battle which was passed down is: the Sioux had the Crow trapped on top of the peak, with plans to attack in the morning.  During the night, the Crow found a way off the mountain and disappeared…