Horse Trail at Harlan: Peckerneck Horse Trail is a well marked, privately maintained, free trail on the south of the lake. It is easily accessible from Alma Vista (turn east into unpaved parking lot immediately south of the Alma bridge on Hwy 183). For more information on this trail, call (308) 928-3120.

Origin of the name: Legend has it that a group of raw-boned hillbillies from Tennessee came to a mining district of South Dakata in the 1880's. These men were adept at running the hammers and steels used to drill holes in the mine face for blasting powder, a sound resembling that of a woodpecker. Other miners claimed that only a man with the strength and agility equaling that of the neck of a woodpecker could accomplish such a task. They were given the name "peckernecks." In 1998 a group of trail-riders from Nebraska were riding in the mine area and a member of the group, explaining the story, jokingly called it the Peckerneck Mine. Around the campfire that evening, the "Peckerneck Mining Company" was formed with those present being the "board members". In 2000 when the riding trail was re-established at Harlan Lake, a couple of the "board members" were present and felt it was only natural to continue the name.

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