In this 2009 Dakota Life story, come visit the new Casey Tibbs Rodeo Center in Fort Pierre and meet the people who made the center a reality.

Dr. Beth Jensen is a family physician who is the founder of Glean For Good, which allows visitors a way to appreciate farm-life through a number of activities including farm-to-table dinners, glorified petting zoo opportunities, soap making, felting, and as SDPB experienced - goat yoga.

Susan Haygood is a painter and sculptor with a life-long relationship with horses.

SDPB meets Bruce Reckstad, who conducts tours up and down Split Rock Creek on a pontoon boat.

In 2021, the Garretson Historical Society hired a former military ordinance specialist turned locksmith to repair a lock in the Garretson Museum, which is partially housed in a former bank. When he looked at the vault doors, he discovered a live mechanism containing industrial-strength tear gas.

SDPB meets Merle Wenge, who was voted the 2021 South Dakota Campground Host of the Year. All summer long, he introduces visitors to Palisades—from the history to the walking trails, the famous rock formations, and Split Rock Creek.

A man named Mr. Garretson had an idea to connect a short-line railroad from Willmar, MN to Garretson, SD to Sioux City, IA. Hop on board for the story of Mr. Garreton's Train Town.

While on vacation home in 1976, Rich Holzapfel's grandfather had a heart attack and was rushed to Sioux Falls - that's where he met the ward nurse who would become his wife of 45 years.

In the heart of downtown Rapid stands another city, the City of Presidents. Find out the story of the presidential statues in downtown Rapid City in this 2014 Dakota Life story.

The rise of railroad transportation in the Black Hills began in the 1880s. This video from the SDPB archives gives the early history of the railroads.