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Dakota Life Detours Branding South Dakota (Full Episode)

Before fences split up the wide-open prairie, livestock was identified by their brand.

Before South Dakota was a state, there was a law of the land – and it was branding law. Learn first-hand how humble pieces of iron helped forge one of the state’s most important industries.