History

Professor Alexander Pell sits with members of the USD baseball team about 1900.

USD’s Anarchist Professor


USD’s mild-mannered teacher elicited contempt and fear in Russia.

Christmas at Wounded Knee


A humble celebration in hard times.

The Man Who Saved the Buffalo


Scotty Philip gets the credit, but even he has Fred Dupree to thank. Photo by Chad Coppess/S.D. Tourism.

Frontier Phantoms


Ghosts of LeBeau show when the river is low.

Rekindling a Memory


South Dakota’s second-deadliest plane crash may have been forgotten if not for Rapid City’s Harold and Greg Stone.

Doane’s Favorite Places


Doane Robinson is known as a historian, but he was also a visionary, creating places uniquely South Dakotan.

Clamming on the James


Clams once thrived in the clean, steady waters of the James River.

The Dark Tower


Delmont’s contribution to the Cold War.

Mr. Bullock Goes To Washington


Teddy Roosevelt had a friend in South Dakota.

John Morrell’s Bloody Friday


The conflict wasn’t labor versus management. It was workers against each other.

Slight of Hand


After years of work by his family, Luigi Del Bianco was officially recognized for his role as chief carver on Mount Rushmore.

A Seed on Fertile Ground


How W.H. Over learned and taught the natural history of South Dakota.

Suspects in Sturgis


A plot to free German prisoners of war was hatched at Fort Meade.

Hutchinson County's Holstein War


South Dakota cows helped Germans recover from World War I.

Firmly Planted in South Dakota


Brookings horticulturist Niels Hansen developed fruits, flowers and farm crops for the Northern Plains.

The Man Who Played Christ


Josef Meier took up the cross 8,999 times, and brought the Passion Play to Spearfish.

A Lonely Place at Ideal


Forgetting took the longest time in Tripp County.

John Banvard’s Brush with Success


How one artist rose from rags to riches before dying penniless in Watertown.

The Lady Leatherheads of Madison


Football took on a different look at Dakota State University during World War II.

Chased Across Perkins County


One family’s brush with a fugitive.

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