A news release from the South Dakota Office of Tourism: CRAZY HORSE, S.D. – Crazy Horse Memorial will celebrate Native American Day with its 20th annual celebration on Monday, Oct. 12, starting at 10:00 a.m. MDT. Traditional hoop dancers, Native American...
I posted recently about my disappointment over the lack of breweries in South Dakota. After writing that post, I thought it might be interesting to pursue a news story about the state's lack of breweries for my day job at The Daily Republic. I already knew from...
If you've never been in South Dakota the day before the opening of pheasant season, it's difficult to understand just how enormously important the date has become to the state in economic and cultural terms. Thousands of out-of-staters are arriving in South Dakota...
South Dakota's pheasant hunting season opened this week to sunshine after dark gray days and rain. Although pheasant hunting this year has been more challenging due to crops still in the fields, the South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks are saying hunter...
"This historic town still breathes with the rugged spirit and beauty of a frontier town." That's the assessment that John Vander Stelt Maurice, an Iowa-based painter, offered of Deadwood recently for Forbes Traveler's new list of America's 20-prettiest...
The state Department of Game, Fish and Parks does a lot of my work for me. They've done it again with the following Q&A on camping reservations. Enjoy. "On opening day, I'll go online and reserve at midnight." False Reservations open at the same time...
USA Today included Rapid City's Black Hills Maze in a recent list of "10 great places to go through the looking glass," which the newspaper compiled in honor of the new movie "Alice in Wonderland." Here's what the Black Hills Maze entry said: It...
Thousands of trout are about to be released into the Missouri River below Fort Randall Dam in southeastern South Dakota. For more, see the following excerpt from a state Department of Game, Fish and Parks news release: PIERRE, S.D. – Anglers looking for unique...
From the state Department of Game, Fish and Parks: PIERRE, S.D. – Oahe Downstream Recreation Area, five miles north of Fort Pierre, will be the site of an opportunity this month to learn about South Dakota’s other gold – the tasty morel mushroom....
South Dakota is an incredibly unique state in that each region offers a completely different experience then the others. Check out each of the regions to see what each has to offer!
Featuring the Black Hills, Badlands, the Sturgis Rally. This region tends to be the most popular.
This region of South Dakota offers some of the best hunting and fishing in the entire central US.
The eastern region is home to the largest city in the state and provides visitors with a true "prairie" experience.