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May 17 - May 19Free Fishing Weekend - South Dakota
May 17 - May 19Open House Celebration - Custer
May 18 - May 191880 Train’s Appreciation Weekend - Hill City
May 19Dinosaur Train Discovery Tour - Brookings
May 24 - May 26Dakota Spring Fling Car Show - Rapid City
All EventsOn This Day
May 19
The Mitchell Republican newspaper reported today in 1904 that "the capital ought never to have gone out of the Jim River valley." The article claimed that Pierre was chosen as the capital only because it approached the geographical center of the state. It argued that Redfield, Huron or Mitchell would have been better choices because they are near the center of the state's population.
Photo of the Week
Contemplating the beauty of the pasque flower. Photo by Harlan Humphrey. [read more]
Food
Buffalo: The Salmon of the Prairie
Grass-fed bison is a key component of Dr. Kevin Weiland's Dakota Diet. [read more ]
Menno's Open Door
The Pomegranate Lifestyle
Our Office Lutefisk Party
Potato Soup for the Soul
Travel
The Mystery of a Missile Silo
A West River historic site preserves South Dakota's role in the Cold War. [read more ]
Central South Dakota's Playground
Our Nation's Exact Middle
A Village Begun by Old Papineau
Chance Encounters of a Rural Kind
History
Nobody Yelled 'Kill the Umpire!'
A Hudson baseball legend brought civility to America's pastime. [read more ]
Discovering The Verendrye Plate
Elk Point Tragedy
A Spirited Pioneer Promoter
Ghost Town Friends
Outdoors
Pollock's Three Stone Idols
A group of Campbell County stones tell an old Arikara love story. [read more ]
Quiet, Beauty and Snow
Old Timer On Skates Outshoots Them All
Nature's Buglers
Mystic Mountain Run
Culture
Fifty Years in South Dakota
Badger Clark's humorous take on life in South Dakota. [read more ]
The Everlasting Bijou Hills
Hot Springs Santa
Gorillas, Honkers and Beetdiggers
Strong Values, Strong Hearts
Business
Cow Know-How Guides Inventor
Kelly Melius uses cow sense and common sense to build livestock equipment on his farm near Faulkton. [read more ]
The Pomegranate Lifestyle
Mills on Wheels
Keeping Time
Book Keeping
Editor's Notebook
Singing Across South Dakota
May 15, 2013
Burke ranch girl Rehme Sutton debuts a new album and comes home to sing it. [read more]
[more Editor's Notebook]Columns
May 16, 2013
Can Golf This Fun Be Legal?
SPORTS: Elkhorn Ridge near Spearfish offers plenty of challenges for the uninitiated golfer. [read More]
May 16, 2013
Put an Egg on It
FOOD: The runny yellow yolk of a fried egg perfectly compliments Fran Hill's earthy potato and spinach hash. [read More]
May 15, 2013
Stephanie Has World Enough, and Time
POLITICS: Herseth Sandlin has plenty of opportunities ahead to get back into the public service she loves. [read More]
May 13, 2013
Muddy Fun Run
OUTDOORS: The first annual Lewis & Clark Adventure Race was held west of Yankton this past Saturday. [read More]
May 13, 2013
Spring Journal for 2013
PHOTOGRAPHY: Scenes from South Dakota's slow transition into spring. [read More]
