James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok
James Butler Hickok was born in Troy Grove, Illinois, on May 27, 1837. As a boy in rural...
History
The Revenant: Fact or Fiction?
Released in 2015, The Revenant stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh Glass, a frontiersman who was mauled by a...
Sol Star
Historical Black Hills characters, both factual and fictional, have taken center stage in the successful HBO series “DEADWOOD.”...
Seth Bullock
If the Black Hills of the late 1800s and first decades of the 1900s ever had “ a man for...
President Bush Comes to Mt. Rushmore
President George W. Bush paid a visit to the Shrine of Democracy of Mount Rushmore on August 15, 2002. During...
Poker Alice Tubbs
Alice Ivers was born on February 17, 1853, in Devonshire, England. She and her family moved to Virginia...
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has a proud heritage of excellence in preparing graduates to serve...
The Schoolhouse Blizzard of 1888
South Dakota was still only a territory when it was hit by one of the United State’s most...
Chief Red Cloud
We do not know the exact birth date of this famed Oglala Lakota Sioux leader, but he was likely born...
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
Even South Dakota played its part in the Cold War by building the Minuteman Missile Site. Operating from...