South Dakota History

You folks that have the pleasure of visiting our state for the first, second, or third time, they may seem a bit unusual, or at the very least different.

If you had the opportunity, what would you change about the South Dakota flag? Do you like the flag as it is now?

While today interstate highway's are important to a communities growth, back in-the-day the railroad could well determine if a community lived or died. Welcome to Bangor, South Dakota.

It had a creamery, a general store, a bunch of other businesses and even an auto garage. So how, in all my travels across and around the great state of South Dakota did I miss Alsen?

I had never heard of Nick Piantanida and I had no idea the world wide tragic news he made in 1966, a tragedy that began in Sioux Falls.

Everybody loves the circus. Until the elephant gets grumpy. In fact, beyond grumpy. This little town had one big old angry pachyderm.

When talking to my buddy, we decided that Crooks was probably named Crooks because it was the home of so many Wild West bad guys.

It's 18 feet wide, 18 feet across. Could a horse with a rider make that jump? Well, maybe...if you were Jesse James and a posse were after you.

Clinton Anderson was a four term United States Senator and a native of Centerville, South Dakota.

Southeast South Dakota is getting yet another blast of winter ice, snow, and wind. Will this snowstorm rank up there with South Dakota's Top-8 All-Time Worst Snow Storms Of All time? According to Only In Your State these are some of the Most Horrific Snow Storms in the History of South Dakota...