Story Leads - History

History From cowboys and outlaws to pioneering families and plains-dwelling Native Americans, the state of South Dakota has centuries of rich history, and it has gone to great levels to preserve the past. Whether it's a fossil dig near Chamberlain, a frontier cavalry march at Fort Sisseton or a wild west shootout in Deadwood, South Dakota invites visitors to take a vacation back in time.

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Crazy Horse Memorial Volksmarch June 7 and 8	6/4/2008
This weekend is the opportunity of a lifetime to enjoy a hike to the arm of Crazy Horse mountain and experience the awesome view of the Black Hills.
Crazy Horse Memorial: Cultural History	11/26/2007
What most people would see as a large rock on the top of Thunderhead Mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Korczak Ziółkowski saw as an opportunity: an opportunity to show the world that, in the words of Lakota Chief Henry Standing Bear, “the red man has heroes, also.”
Mount Rushmore’s Untold Story	11/2/2007
Today, Mount Rushmore is considered “America’s Shrine to Democracy”, but many Americans don’t know that when Mount Rushmore was first conceived, the carving was designed to look completely different than it does today.
Re-trace The Journey... Re-live The Adventure	5/24/2007
Lewis and Clark spent the late-summer and early fall of 1804 exploring present-day South Dakota. Their return trip, in 1806, also led them back through the area.