South Dakota State Historical Society

Applications for the 2025 Deadwood Fund grant program are due Feb. 1, 2025.

America is turning 250 years old July 4th, 2026. All states have been encouraged to develop plans to celebrate the federal milestone.

Wet plate photographer W.H. Illingworth photographed the Black Hills in 1874. The photos celebrate their 150th anniversary. Matthew Reitzel, photo archivist, joins "In the Moment".

The South Dakota State Historical Society is now accepting applications for the Deadwood Fund grant program.

The America 250 South Dakota Executive Commission is looking for ways to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of our country.

At a Pierre middle school, the 1870s came to life in the form of a cache of items that once belonged to Chief Spotted Tail – or Sinte Gleska.

The South Dakota State Historic Preservation Office encourages citizens to celebrate by touring, learning, and supporting historical sites.

The South Dakota Historic Preservation Office is teaming up with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to offer an Archaeology Camp in Pierre this Summer.

While Sacajawea is a well-known historical figure, everything we know about her comes from people who say they knew her. Not from the woman herself.

The South Dakota Historical Society takes us back to the early to mid-1900s pheasant hunting traditions.