History 605 explores the history of South Dakota, the northern Great Plains, and the Midwest. South Dakota’s State Historian Ben Jones will visit with guests about their books, museum exhibits and artifacts, and historic sites in the state and region. Along the way, you’ll learn how to think, not what to think, about history and the people of the past.
The host is Dr. Ben Jones, State Historian and Director of the South Dakota State Historical Society. Ben grew up in Sioux Falls and De Smet, served in various locations around the world while in the USAF. He returned to South Dakota to become Dean of Arts and Sciences at Dakota State University, then served as South Dakota’s 15th Secretary of Education. Along the way, he earned his PhD in history and enjoys sharing history’s insights with all of you.
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Ben Jones goes inside the National Music Museum with Dwight Vaught and Arian Sheets in this edition of History 605.
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Joe Jackson discusses his biography about Black Elk, the Oglala wicasa wakan or holy man with Ben Jones on this edition of History 605.
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Ben Jones discusses how the United States' grain production, telegraph system, and shipping dominance remade the world markets in the late 19th century with Scott Nelson.
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Ben Jones discusses the destruction of the american bison with Andrew Isenberg
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In this best of episode of History 605, Ben Jones talks with Paul Wilson, one of George Mickelson's campaign staff during his run for Governor in 1986.
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USD Knudson School of Law Professor Patrick Garry joins Ben Joins to discuss the history of South Dakota's state constitution.
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On this edition of History 605, Ben Jones has a conversation with Anne Hyde who has written two prize-winning histories of how mixed-race families lived, worked, and changed in the turbulent 18th and the 19th century Great Plains.
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In this episode, we speak to historian James H. Madison and discuss the question, how did the KKK become a popular Midwest organization in the 1920s?
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In this episode of History 605, Ben Jones talks with Jacob Friefeld and Rebecca Wingo about their book, "Homesteading the Plains: Toward a New History."
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In this episode of the 605 Podcast, Ben Jones talks to Kevin Kuchenbecker, Deadwood's Historic Preservation Officer.