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In this 1962 clip of The American Sportsman Host Curt Gowdy is in Howard, South Dakota, hunting with actor Robert Stack and WWII heroes Joe Foss and General James Dolittle.
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World War II hero and former South Dakota governor Joe Foss offers some pheasant hunting safety tips in this clip from a 1962 episode of "The American Sportsman" filmed near Howard, South Dakota.
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Film produced by the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad as a tourism promotion shows people on horseback rounding-up the Custer State Park Buffalo herd in 1938.
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This archival video shows the 1991 Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup, attended by then Governor George S. Mickelson.
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Warm springs in and around the town of Hot Springs, South Dakota, have been drawing tourists to the region since the 1880s.
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Part historian and part artist, Fred Farrar chronicled the Black Hills from the turn of the century through the depression of the 1930s.
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In downtown Rapid City, South Dakota, you can see giant creatures on a ridge of sandstone at the top of a hill. It’s one of the area’s original tourist attractions – Dinosaur Park. So how did those dinos get there?
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If you happen to be in Watertown this summer you might want to visit the historic Mellette House on the city's near west side. The house is a restored architectural gem built by South Dakota's first governor in 1885.The rise and fall of Arthur C. Mellette's political career mirrors the fate of his grand mansion. Both were symbols of great success and both fell to ruin.
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Early Deadwood's reputation as a raucous and unlawful place in the 1870s is well known and much deserved, but another of Dakota Territory's first towns was just as wild.
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As one of the first towns in Dakota Territory, Vermillion had a prominent role in the early territorial settlement of the Missouri River basin. But it all came to an end in the Spring of 1881. On today's Images of the Past we'll have a look at how a natural disaster wiped out the town and forced residents to choose between abandoning what was left or rebuilding from scratch. Joining me now is Art Rusch, a retired judge, state senator, and author of "Vermillion Before the Flood," an article published a few years back in the South Dakota State Historical Society journal.