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Dahlias bloom at Pixie Acres Flower Farm near Castlewood. Photo by Rachel Clelland [read more]

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Food

Pizza at Kate’s Cottage

The Gorses serve rural hospitality with a hot slice of pizza. [read more ]

Raclette: A Toasty Alpine Delicacy

Travel

Life in the Gap

The gold is gone, but we found history, cattle and copper bracelets in Buffalo Gap. [read more ]

History

The Violinist and the Sculptor

Dorothy Comstock Ziolkowski Moreton dramatized South Dakota’s first half-century, performed with the Boston Symphony, and helped launch a Black Hills ... [read more ]

Outdoors

Elk Magic

There’s more to bugling that meets the ear. [read more ]

Culture

Desert or Not?

The answer is blowing in the wind. [read more ]

Business

Fun and Games

The Garnesses of Hartford craft larger than life fun. [read more ]

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Events

January 21 - December 31

"As Good As Gold" NMM Special Exhibition

September 04 - October 13

Rug Hooking Exhibit & Open House - Lead

September 08 - December 15

Little STEAMers Preschool 2023 - Fall Semester Fridays - Pierre

September 19 - October 03

Black Hills Film Festival - Hybrid Event

September 29 - October 01

SiouxperCon - Sioux Falls

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On This Day

October 1

The first locomotive to cross the Big Sioux River from Sioux City into Dakota Territory did so on this date in 1872. The railroad presented new opportunities for the prairie, including linking pioneers to the eastern markets and providing the transportation that geared the Great Dakota Land Boom. Today, the railroads are still important to some segments of the state's economy, especially to grain farmers.