South Dakota History

As ceilings come down, stories come to light. A Sioux Falls man discovers a masquerade invitation hidden inside a home that predates South Dakota's statehood.

Discover the chilling history of South Dakota's worst snowstorms, from the deadly Schoolhouse Blizzard of 1888 to the massive snowfall in May 1905. Learn how these extreme weather events impacted the state over the decades.

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.