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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USD Knudson School of Law Professor Patrick Garry joins Ben Joins to discuss the history of South Dakota's state constitution. -
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.
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In this episode of the 605 Podcast, Ben Jones talks to Mark Van de Logt, author of "Between the Floods: A History of the Arikaras.
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Julie Breu joins the 605 Podcat to discuss some of the recent projects at the Lake County Museum.
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In this episode, Ben Jones talks with Linda Clemmons to discover how did the Dakota-French families navigated the complicated and rich cultures in Dakota Territory and Minnesota in the mid-nineteenth century.
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In this episode, Ben Jones speaks with University of South Dakota Law Professor Tom Simmons to see what happened when angry investor Peter Wintermute and Acting Territorial Governor Edwin McCook have a shootout and brawl in the midst of a Yankton public meeting.
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Jon Schaff joins the 605 Podcast to discuss how movies and TV shows represent South Dakota.
