Dakota Midday: Images of the Past, the Gordon Stockade

Gary Enright, director of the 1881 Courthouse Museum in Custer,  joins Dakota Midday host Lori Walsh to discuss Theodore Roosevelt's connection to the Black Hills of South Dakota.

From his love for wild places to the story of South Dakota cowboys running awry of the Secret Service, Gary Enright tells the story. Find the photos at Images of the Past.

He's the most well-known western character you've probably never heard of. Captain Jack Crawford was a writer, a cowboy poet, a soldier, and a celebrity.

Gary Enright brings you the story on this week's Images of the Past.

As the first calves of the season are born in Custer State Park, Gary Enright, director of the 1881 Courthouse museum, joins Dakota Midday to talk about a creature with a 500,000 year history in North America. Revered, hunted, and nearly dashed  into extinction, the American Bison has a storied history of loss and renewal.

For more photos and videos of South Dakota history, visit our Images of the Past page.