Ben Jones

In this edition of History 605, Ben Jones speaks to author April White, who brings us back to the high society of the Sioux Falls Cataract Hotel and how it became the place where certain women from the East Coast could escape a bad marriage.

Archivist Matthew Reitzel joins Ben Jones to discuss his article in South Dakota History journal about Earl Neller, who hitchhiked across South Dakota with six children in 1933.

In this episode from the archives, Ben Jones speaks with historian David Wolff, about how the response to four of Deadwood’s fires proved to be a boon to the famous Black Hills gold-mining town.

In this episode from the archives, Ben Jones speaks with University of South Dakota Law Professor Tom Simmons to see what happened when angry investor Peter Wintermute and Acting Territorial Governor Edwin McCook have a shootout and brawl in the midst of a Yankton public meeting.

Bradley Thompson joins Ben Jones on this edition of History 605 to discuss the founders and the American Revolution.

South Dakota State Historical Society Museum Curator Daniel Moeckly joins Ben Jones to discuss the state museum's efforts with the new museum design.

Corey Christianson joins Ben Jones on this edition of History 605 to talk about Alfred Dahlin who she chronicled in the most recent edition of South Dakota History

In this episode of History 605, Ben Jones speaks with Tom Hurlburt, President of the SD State Historical Society Trustees and principal architect of Co-op Architecture.

In this edition of History 605, Ben Jones talks with the South Dakota Secretary of Education Joseph Graves.

In this episode of History 605, Ben Jones talks with Lori Kent of the Local Lou Podcast to talk about how she has fun telling the deeper stories behind her town’s ubiquitous historical markers.