Culture

Local writer and historian Paul Higbee says Spearfish is the most western town he knows. Although it doesn’t dress “cowboy,” it was founded on the gold…

In April of 1975, the North Vietnamese Army was closing in on Saigon as South Vietnamese resistance was crumbling. The United States had just a skeleton…

A Youth Summit is scheduled to take place on the Pine Ridge Reservation this Saturday. Hosted by the non-profit Lakota Children’s Enrichment, the…

In this high-tech world of instant communication it may be hard to imagine leaving a message for someone that might take hours or even days to compose…and…

In this high-tech world of instant communication it may be hard to imagine leaving a message for someone that might take hours or even days to compose…and…

The origin of April 1st as a day for pranks and practical jokes is something of a mystery. The most commonly cited explanation is that it goes back to the…

In the summer of 1874, George Armstrong Custer led a military expedition into the Black Hills to choose a site for a new Army fort and investigate the…

Swamp Thing is a humanoid mass of vegetable matter that fights to protect his swamp home, the environment and humanity from supernatural and other…

Five years ago the cities of Lead, Deadwood and Spearfish purchased the Fassbender photo collection. The 800,000 Black Hills photographs capture historic…

For the past thirty years, South Dakota Magazine has explored the state's varied cultures and landscapes. The magazine has captured the past and the…