The Ultimate Black Hills Bucket List
The Black Hills has a seemingly endless number of hiking trails, festivals, iconic restaurants, and unique wildlife, so...
History
The Thoen Stone
While the Custer Expedition of 1874 confirmed the presence of gold and shared the finding with the world, there are...
Gold Mining in the Black Hills
The Black Hills gold rush and the consequent local mining industry began with the Custer Expedition of 1874....
1972 Rapid City – Black Hills Flood
Those of us who lived through that horrible night will never forget—and we hope that others will be...
Native American Culture and the Black Hills 1865-1873
Superficial attempts were made by the U.S. government to get Indians to sign another treaty in 1865, meanwhile...
Native American Culture and the Black Hills 1750-1865
In 1775-76, an Oglala war party traveling west from the Missouri River area came to the Black Hills....
Native American Culture & the Black Hills Until 1759
Through time, the Sioux have created a rich and unique culture that many of them embrace to the...
Charles Badger Clark, Jr.
Badger Clark, poet, lecturer, and traveler, was South Dakota’s Poet Laureate for twenty years. Born in Iowa, Clark...
Rushmore Marks 75 Years!
On August 10, 1927, Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States, spoke at Mt. Rushmore to dedicate Gutzon Borglum’s visionary project...