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History
Stranded in Quinn
December 18, 2013
When a fierce blizzard stopped West River travellers, a tiny Badlands town took them in.
McMaster's Gas War
August 28, 2013
When oil companies raised their prices so high it threatened farmers’ livelihood, Gov. McMaster put South Dakota in the fuel business.
A Pioneer of Flight
Though she couldn't hear her airplane engine's roar, Nellie Willhite still became South Dakota’s first lady of the air.
Discovering The Verendrye Plate
One hundred years ago, Ethel Parish and her friends found history on a Ft. Pierre hilltop.
Elk Point Tragedy
Desperation drove local farmers to take a Union County trucker’s life in the Dirty Thirties.
A Spirited Pioneer Promoter
January 15, 2013
Wilmot Brookings left his mark on two towns, one county and the history of South Dakota.
Ghost Town Friends
A Hill City historian and his boyhood pal brought the Black Hills’ past back to life.
Thanksgiving on the Prairie
De Smet's first Thanksgiving inspired a lesson in gratitude that still resonates today.
We Gave One the Chair
Warden G. Norton Jameson brought death by electrocution to the South Dakota State Penitentiary.
The Buffalo vs. the Bull
When Scotty Philip's buffalo Pierre met a Mexican bull in the ring, the Juarez fighter didn't stand a chance against the monarch of the plains.
The Home Kids of Dell Rapids
From 1910 to 1947, the Odd Fellows Home provided "a good place, a good home and good times" to South Dakota orphans.
Deadwood Dick vs the Whitewood Skunk
The Days of '76 character's fast draw had humorously unfortunate results for his Black Hills neighbors.
Joe Foss Remembered
An ex-newspaper boy from Pierre remembers the day he got a helping hand from a hero.
Baum's Aberdeen Oz Was a Baseball Diamond
The Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum brought America's pastime to the Hub City.
