History

Ramming Through the Mickelson Trail

The 109-mile mountain corridor’s bumpy beginnings.

The Spirit Behind a Tragedy

Rapid City was stunned when a plane carrying six cheerleaders and three community leaders crashed in March of 1968. But the cheerleaders’ memory survives through an award honoring their spirit.

Dakota’s Bullwhackeress

Emma Buckingham, as skilled with a team of oxen as anyone, helped build the Black Hills.

Blazing Trails

Black Hills road builders didn’t move mountains. They cut through them.

George Kingsbury: Eyewitness to History

Our Father of Journalism chronicled Dakota Territory's rowdy early days.

Painting the Trophies

After an Aberdeen museum’s benefactor bequeathed his controversial collection of wildlife trophies, two artists found a way forward.

Forgotten Giant

How might Northern State University and Aberdeen preserve Isaac Lincoln’s legacy?

Ship in a Bottle

German POWs worked and played with South Dakotans during World War II.

Homestake’s Pit Ponies

Horses lived and worked deep underground.

A Historical Treasure Hunt

The long lost ledger of the 1st Dakota Cavalry is coming into the 21st century.

Alcester’s Music Man

DeeCort Hammitt’s music was played around the world, but “Hail, South Dakota” was his gift to the state he loved.

Finding Frank Ashford

Troy McQuillen is the latest Aberdonian exploring the mysteries that surround Brown County’s most famous artist.

The Lost 74

A barber in Brookings, a trucker and hundreds of other survivors keep alive the memory of sailors who died on the Frank E. Evans five decades ago.

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 institution known worldwide. Then she disappeared from history — almost.