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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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A very hard sedimentary stone favored by 19th century builders and pavers in and around Sioux Falls gave the city's downtown its distinctive architectural look.
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When Dakota was opened to white settlement in 1859, businessmen, lawyers, and politicians of every stripe flocked to the brand new town of Yankton seeking once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to grab land, cut deals with the railroads coming west, and above all, write laws and policies for their own benefit.
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Vermillion was a thriving and important community in the early days of Dakota Territory. The town was destroyed by a flood in 1881 and rebuilt in a new location on higher ground.