Sorry for the short notice, but the annual Gary Cattle Drive is Saturday (Oct. 31). Cowboys think the cows and calves will be coming through town about mid-morning.
The drive is an annual event. For many years, a Minnesota ranching family has summered their stock in South Dakota and brought them through the Main Street [...]
By John Andrews
Some of us are in the Halloween spirit at South Dakota Magazine. Our costumes may or may not be scary, depending on how you look at it, but they are festive. Last night a few staffers toured several haunted places in Yankton. Everyone reported to work today, so we know no one was [...]
By John Andrews
Our current issue includes a feature about the endangered species of South Dakota. Our state has 11 federally threatened or endangered plants and animals, and we nearly had 12, but the feds decided earlier this month that the American dipper isn’t quite in the “needs federal protection” [...]
Mitchell businessman Jeff Logan is hoping to restore a historic downtown building in the Corn Palace City, according to a story by Seth Tupper in the Mitchell Daily Republic.
As part of a grant application to seek funds to help with the renovation of 110 E. 2nd Street, Logan notes that famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright [...]
By John Andrews
I’m in the middle of a week-long reconnection to my South Dakota State University roots. I was in Brookings Saturday night to see SDSU win the Dakota Marker for the third consecutive year by topping rival North Dakota State 28-13. And I’ll be back next weekend for the Hobo Day parade and matchup [...]
The New York Times has an excellent article on an episode from the Dirty Thirties when the Roosevelt administration was accused of hyping the drought in the Dakotas by the use of certain photos — the most famous being a bleached cow skull lying on a sun-baked prairie.
South Dakota’s parks have more than the usual swing sets, merry-go-rounds and picnic tables. We’ve seen petrified wood, antique farm equipment and lots of other unusual stuff.
But as far as we know, there’s only one town in South Dakota with a scale set in concrete in the town park. I don’t know why it’s there. [...]
By John Andrews
It takes a lot of patience to spend four years working on a project, but staff at Crazy Horse Memorial Museum are glad John Grey did. His handcrafted, incredibly detailed canoe is one of the museum’s newest additions.
The Georgia canoeist crafted the vessel from cedar, deer skin, rabbit and beaver fur. He says [...]
By John Andrews
I’m working on a story about film making in South Dakota. I’ve already had the chance to talk with interesting film makers who live here, including Doug and Judi Sharples of Wakonda and twin brothers Michael and Marc Linn of Rapid City. I’ve discovered plenty of interesting stories, including the time we refused [...]
By John Andrews
Of all the rivers that wind through all the states in America, the Missouri, which passes through seven states from Montana to Missouri, may carry with it the most controversy. A good account of the back and forth battles waged over the river is found in Big Muddy Blues, written by Bill Lambrecht [...]
By Bernie Hunhoff
In my last saunter across South Dakota, I happened to see a poster at a gas station that advertised a nice house in the town of Delmont (midway between Yankton and Mitchell). It sits on three lots and is “just minutes from hunting, fishing and boating” on the Missouri. There is a small [...]
Find your parka and locate the shovel. The Farmer’s Almanac forecasters see a cold and wet winter for South Dakota and our neighbors.
We’re just about to send our Nov/Dec issue off to the printers, and an opening piece notes how winter bonds us together through the stupid, the kind and the crazy things we [...]
Some idiot shot a young moose that made its way into the Black Hills. The outrage of local citizens is interesting to read on this Rapid City Journal Web page. There’s even some finger-pointing.
Guess the name of the town where this picture was taken and you win either our book, “South Dakota Photographed,” or a one-year subscription.
The picture was taken by Ed Goss, one of the leaders of the four wheeler ride across South Dakota that was accomplished last weekend to raise awareness for the rights of four-wheelers [...]
By John Andrews
If you’ve ever wondered where the healthiest people in South Dakota live, they’re somewhere between Meadow and Glad Valley in Perkins and Ziebach counties. As it happens, the folks who live there reside farther from a McDonald’s restaurant than anyone in the United States.
Stephen Von Worley of Weather Sealed analyzed the locations of [...]