CALENDAR OF EVENTS October – December, 2021 October 7: Preservation Thursday: Frances Perkins – A Powerful Influence – Social security, child labor laws, unemployment insurance, and WPA projects are all ideas put forth by Frances Perkins, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s...
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Christ on the Mountain Statue in Spearfish
The Christ on the Mountain statue is located in the garden area of former Spearfish resident Meier Della Vecchia, right behind the old Passion Play amphitheater grounds. SPEARFISH — What started in the 13th century as an attempt by German monks to tell the story of...
Black Hills Gold Rush
Fans of the television series Deadwood will be somewhat familiar with the Black Hills Gold Rush. It is this gold rush that forms the background of the television series. Indeed, it is one of the more transformative events in American history, despite being somewhat...
South Dakota Dung Beetles
Driving down a gravel road east of Belle Fourche while out taking photos, I came across some Dung Beetles rolling dung across the road. I stopped and took a video and a photo. I helped the pair across the road so they wouldn't get run over. Benefits of Dung Beetle...
South Dakota’s Top Youth Volunteers of 2021
State Honoree Jordan Phillips, 16, of Aberdeen Jordan Phillips, 16, of Aberdeen, a junior at Aberdeen Central High School, has raised more than $110,000 to support women with breast cancer by sewing and selling fabric coffee-cup sleeves known as “cozys.” Jordan’s...
South Dakota Teens Making A Difference! The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.
State Honorees Eleanor Abraham Brookings, South Dakota Eleanor Abraham, 18, of Brookings, South Dakota, a senior at Brookings High School, founded and chairs a community service committee at her church that has conducted monthly projects included raising money to...
Chief Sitting Bull Surrenders
Thank you to Remembering The Old West https://www.facebook.com/RememberTheWest for this story. On July 20th this day in history 1881, Sitting Bull surrenders. Five years after General George A. Custer’s infamous defeat at the Battle of Little Bighorn, Hunkpapa Teton...
Red Cloud, Oglala Lakota. 1904
Thank you to Remembering The Old West https://www.facebook.com/RememberTheWest for this story. For Red Cloud, protecting the land "where the buffalo roam" was life-sustaining for his Oglala Lakota Sioux tribe, as these majestic animals provided essential food,...
John C. H. Grabill South Dakota Photographer
Thank you to Remembering The Old West https://www.facebook.com/RememberTheWest for this story. John C. H. Grabill (1849 - Aug. 23, 1903) John C. H. Grabill was born at Donnelsville, Ohio in 1849, the youngest son of David Grabill, a...
The Battle of Slim Buttes Harding County, South Dakota
Thank you to Remembering The Old West https://www.facebook.com/RememberTheWest for this story. The Battle of Slim Buttes was fought in Harding County, South Dakota between the Sioux and the United States Army on September 9 and...


















