by sethtupper | Mar 15, 2021 | History, Native Americans
Gov. Mike Rounds has declared 2010 a "Year of Unity" in South Dakota. The declaration aims to foster better relations between whites and American Indians in South Dakota, where Indians constitute about 8.5 percent of the population. As part of the Year of...
by sethtupper | Mar 15, 2021 | Black Hills, History, Native Americans
The South Dakota Office of Tourism puts out a weekly press release series called "Great Faces." The title plays off the state’s tourism motto, "Great Faces, Great Places," which is a not to the faces on Mount Rushmore. This week, the release...
by sethtupper | Mar 15, 2021 | History
A bit of the building’s history that was bottled up for more than a century was recently found in the South Dakota Capitol at Pierre, according to a news release from the State Historical Society. Brent Saucerman, a Highway Patrol trooper assigned to Capitol...
by sethtupper | Mar 15, 2021 | History
The South Dakota Office of Tourism has a weekly series of press releases called "Great Faces." This week, the topic is Hugh Glass. The tale of Hugh Glass is one of my absolute favorite South Dakota stories, so I’m passing the release along to you. Here...
by sethtupper | Mar 15, 2021 | History, Outdoor Activities
A news release from the National Parks Service: BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, Interior, S.D. On May 30th, seven year old Kylie Ferguson discovered some fossils while participating in a junior ranger program at Badlands National Park. “She knows the characteristics of...
by sethtupper | Mar 15, 2021 | Black Hills, History
"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...
